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13 September 1947 (USA) morePlot:
A reporter hires a bodyguard to protect him from a gang boss he has been investigating. After a car... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Moody, watchable little gem moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Lee Tracy | ... | Hugh Fresney |
| Don Castle | ... | Tim 'T.M.' Slade |
| Julie Bishop | ... | Julie Vaughn |
| Anabel Shaw | ... | Dana Jones |
| Douglas Walton | ... | Clinton Vaughn |
| Regis Toomey | ... | Inspector O'Haffey |
| Francis Ford | ... | Pop Garrow |
 | Anthony Warde | ... | Nick Dyke |
 | Argentina Brunetti | ... | Mrs. Cresser |
| Wilson Wood | ... | Cleve Collins |
| George Ryland | ... | Doctor at Shooting Scene (as George H. Ryland) |
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USA:Approved (PCA #12226, General Audience)FAQ
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"High Tide" is a totally obscure but wonderful B-movie film noir from the Monogram mill. It opens with a car careening off a desolate seaside cliff -- its two occupants (Lee Tracy and Don Castle) injured and trapped in the wreckage. As the turbulent tide quickly threatens to engulf them, the events leading up to their predicament are recounted -- a twisty tale of a cynical, crusading newspaper editor (Tracy, naturally) taking on the mob while the high-living owner frets. The latter has even more problems when Tracy hires his jaded wife's ex-lover (Castle) as a private investigator.
Solidly directed by John Reinhardt (who also triumphed with another seedy, minimally-budgeted Monogram noir called "The Guilty"), the dialog is snappy but eloquent, there are plenty of venetian-blind shadows, silhouetted figures and moody low-key lighting, and the plot is nicely unraveled. Only the annoying library-style music lets the side down (lending it that inevitable "B" quality, of course). Tracy was playing out the string on poverty row at the time, but his wry staccato readings and weary-but-steadfast demeanor are a perfect fit here.