Alias Nick Beal (1949)A district attorney rises to political success and the governorship but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal. Director:John Farrow |
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Nick Beal
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Audrey Totter | ... |
Donna Allen
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Thomas Mitchell | ... |
Joseph Foster
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George Macready | ... |
Rev. Thomas Garfield
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Fred Clark | ... |
Frankie Faulkner
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Geraldine Wall | ... |
Martha Foster
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Henry O'Neill | ... |
Judge Ben Hobson
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Larry Price
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Nestor Paiva | ... |
Karl
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King Donovan | ... |
Peter Wolfe
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Charles Evans | ... |
Paul Norton
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Ernö Verebes | ... |
Mr. Cox, the Tailor
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Arlene Jenkins | ... |
Aileen
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Pepito Pérez | ... |
Poster Man
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Joey Ray | ... |
Tommy Ray
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Storyline
Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him to achieve his end. Beal convinces hesitating Foster by dint of easy money, easy sex with an alluring young woman and the promise of easy success. Joseph Foster soon becomes an influential politician but a corrupt one. A minister of God manages to show him that he has been the plaything of the so-called Nick Beal, who might be "Old Nick" , that is to say Satan himself. Foster then decides to resign and to become an honest man again. Written by Guy Bellinger
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Nick Beal: I wonder if he knows it's two falls out of three?
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"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 8, 1949 with Ray Milland reprising his film role. See more »Quotes
Bum: Yes brethren, every word is true. I've walked in the darkness, glory be. I've wrestled the Devil and thrown him. I've pinned his shoulders to the mat. Yes, I've pinned his shoulders to the mat.Nick Beal: I wonder if he knows it's two falls out of three?
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