After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.
- Grace Crocker
- (as Katharine Warren)
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Evelyn
- (uncredited)
- Juryman
- (uncredited)
- Journalist
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Talbot
- (uncredited)
- Airline Clerk
- (uncredited)
- Spectator at Coroner's Inquest
- (uncredited)
- Man in Crowd
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaUncredited producer John Huston conceived this project as a star vehicle for his estranged wife, Evelyn Keyes, as a sort of parting gift. She had long complained about her lack of challenging roles while under contract at Columbia. They were divorced by the time production began.
- GoofsWebb tells Susan the birth of their baby will increase the ghost town's population by 33-1/3%. The birth will increase the population by 50% because the population will go from two to three.
- Quotes
Webb Garwood: [working on picking the lock of her husband's storage box] Does he keep everything locked up?
Susan Gilvray: Mostly.
Webb Garwood: You, too?
Susan Gilvray: That's a leading question.
Webb Garwood: Ha, probably does. A mean, jealous guy like that wants his wife all to himself. I can't say I blame him, though. I'd do the same myself...
Webb Garwood: [managing to pick the lock and open the storage box] There. See how silly it is to keep things locked up?
Susan Gilvray: Maybe. But it did delay you for a little while.
Webb Garwood: Is that all he wants, just to delay things?
Susan Gilvray: Sometimes a little delay does the trick.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Kika (1993)
In some ways, this is a good example of film noir--such as the dirty cop, the murder and the affair. But in other ways, it's not quite a typical noir. The camera angles and dark cinematography is missing and the picture is a bit more Hollywood in look than a typical noir. I'd more consider this one noir-lite! This isn't really a complaint...more just an observation about the style of the film.
All in all, this is a very exciting and bleak film. The ending is top-notch and the film one of Heflin's best. Well worth seeing...and oddly not especially well known or formulaic in the least.
- planktonrules
- Dec 16, 2016
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Cost of Living
- Filming locations
- Calico Ghost Town, Yermo, California, USA(where Webb and Susan live when she is pregnant)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1