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Director:
Nicholas Ray
Writers:
John Monks Jr. (writer)
Willard Motley (novel)
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Release Date:
22 February 1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Plot:
Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Humphrey Bogart ... Andrew Morton
John Derek ... Nick Romano
George Macready ... Dist. Atty. Kerman
Allene Roberts ... Emma
Candy Toxton ... Adele Morton (as Susan Perry)
Mickey Knox ... Vito
Barry Kelley ... Judge Drake
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Company:
Santana Pictures Corporation more

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Trivia:
Producer Mark Hellinger had owned the rights to the novel and was planning to film it when he opened his own production company in late 1947. Humphrey Bogart was to be a partner in Mark Hellinger Productions. However, Hellinger died in December 1947. It is probable that Bogart purchased the rights from Hellinger's estate some time in 1948, and this film was the first production of Bogart's independent company, Santana. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the court, when Morton stands up for the first time, he puts his both hands in the pockets. The next shot shows him with only his left hand in the pocket. more
Quotes:
Andrew Morton: Until we do away with the type of neighborhood that produced this boy, ten will spring up to take his place, a hundred, a thousand. Until we wipe out the slums and rebuild them, knock on any door and you may find Nick Romano. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in True Romance (1993) more

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17 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Tone down the rhetoric, 29 January 2004
7/10
Author: perfectbond

Some have justly criticized this film for moralizing too much. However I still enjoyed it for the acting (Bogart of course and John Derek as well) and for the intelligent exploration of how much responsibility rests on the individual and how much on society. A note of interest is that Dewey Martin (Nicky's friend Butch) would later play Bogart's brother in The Desperate Hours. I also appreciated character actor Vince Barnett's (The Killers) portrayal as the less than reliable bartender. All in all, a flawed but nevertheless worthwhile film, 7/10.

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