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Release Date:
26 September 1949 (Sweden) moreTagline:
Wanted by two women! One for Love! One for Murder!Plot:
In San Francisco, the successful self-made businessman Walter Williams has just bought three factories... more | full synopsisUser Comments:
My Personal Choice as Best Film Noir Ever. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brian Donlevy | ... | Walter Williams | |
| Ella Raines | ... | Marsha Peters | |
| Charles Coburn | ... | Lt. Tom Quincy | |
| Helen Walker | ... | Irene Williams | |
| Anna May Wong | ... | Su Lin | |
| Robert Warwick | ... | Capt. Callahan | |
| Clarence Kolb | ... | Darcy | |
| Art Baker | ... | Eldridge (defense attorney) | |
| William Wright | ... | District Attorney | |
| Mae Marsh | ... | Mrs. King | |
| Sheilah Graham | ... | Herself | |
| Tony Barrett | ... | Jim Torrance | |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Ah Sing | |
| Glen Vernon | ... | Ed (as Glenn Vernon) | |
| Linda Leighton | ... | Telephone operator |
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111 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Marsha's mother, is identified in dialogue by the name Mrs. King. Yet in the closing credits, she is identified as Mrs. Peters. moreQuotes:
Jim Torrance: I grabbed a hamburger while I was waiting for you; I can still taste the harness. moreSoundtrack:
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Although there are some flaws in this film, I rate it a 10 for the best ever Film Noir if for no other reason than I've watched it over and over for 55 years. The 2005 smash hit TV show LOST is themed in the concept of renewal, as is "IMPACT." Thinking he has a perfect life, Brian Donlevy will soon find out he's standing on a mountain of betrayal. He'll go from being a top level businessman (with an apartment on Nob Hill, at the building across from the Fairmont Hotel, the one with the walled in parking lot out front, where everybody in San Francisco film noirs lived in the 1950's... Never mind!) Anyway, as he recovers from the daze of attempted murder he'll accidentally stumble upon a new and quite different life, one that most any of us could enjoy. Then come the hard choices..... I first saw this movie on a single day booking at the Silver Theatre at age 11. What stuck in my mind after seeing it is that if life ever went sour to the point of contemplating suicide, a wise alternative might be a fake suicide --- followed by a renewed and drastically different second life, as in this movie. There was no suicide, fake or otherwise, in this picture; but I thought that was a healthy idea to place into a young viewer's mind; whether intended or not. Then there's Ella Raines. Hmm! Friends, forget Marilyn Monroe or any of the other 1950's sexpots. Keep Marilyn, do what you like, I don't care. Just introduce me to Ella Raines. Pretty, thin, lithe, smart. Yum!