The Company She Keeps (1951)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

John Cromwell

Writer:

Ketti Frings (writer)

Release Date:

25 February 1952 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An ex-convict meets a handsome man and they begin seeing one another. Jeopardizing their relationship...

Plot Keywords:

Ex Convict | Parole

Cast

Lizabeth Scott	...	Joan Wilburn
Jane Greer	...	Diane Stuart aka Mildred Lynch
Dennis O'Keefe	...	Larry Collins
Fay Baker	...	Tilly Thompson
John Hoyt	...	Judge Kendall
James Bell	...	Mr. Neeley
Don Beddoe	...	Detective Jamieson
Bert Freed	...	Smitty (plainclothesman)
Irene Tedrow	...	Mrs. Seeley
Marjorie Wood	...	Mrs. Haley
Marjorie Crossland	...	Mrs. Griggs
Virginia Farmer	...	Mrs. Harris
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Alden	...	Sergeant of Detectives (uncredited)
Parley Baer	...	Steve (uncredited)
Larry Barton	...	Store Detective (uncredited)
June Benbow	...	Myrtle (uncredited)
Lela Bliss	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Gail Bonney	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Beau Bridges	...	Obie (boy at train station) (uncredited)
Dorothy Dean Bridges	...	Mother at Station (uncredited)
Jeff Bridges	...	Infant at Train Station (uncredited)
Barry Brooks	...	Outside Policeman (uncredited)
Helen Brown	...	Nurse Helen Johnson (uncredited)
Geraldine Carr	...	Rita (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire	...	Cliff Martin - Larry's Boss (uncredited)
David Clarke	...	Detective Barkley (uncredited)
James Conaty	...	Train Station Extra (uncredited)
Claudia Constant	...	Peggy (uncredited)
Sally Corner	...	Patient (uncredited)
Maria Costi	...	Laura (uncredited)
John Cromwell	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Jane Crowley	...	May (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing	...	Man Viewing Line-Up (uncredited)
Forrest Dickson	...	Policewoman (uncredited)
Don Dillaway	...	Victim (uncredited)
Frances Driver	...	Rosabelle (uncredited)
Edith Evanson	...	Mrs. Holman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	Extra (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy	...	Mrs. May (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman	...	Jessie - parolee with child (uncredited)
Paul Frees	...	Judge's clerk (uncredited)
Jack Gargan	...	Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Donn Greer	...	Fred (uncredited)
Pat Hall	...	Nurse with Larry (uncredited)
Theresa Harris	...	Lilly Johnson (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffman	...	Mrs. Kaufman (uncredited)
Mary Alan Hokanson	...	Saleswoman (uncredited)
Fred Hoose	...	Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Victoria Horne	...	Marcia (uncredited)
Anne Howard	...	Stock Girl (uncredited)
Colin Kenny	...	Racetrack Extra in Stands (uncredited)
Kate Drain Lawson	...	Mrs. Spencer (uncredited)
Ruth Lee	...	Matron (uncredited)
Paul Lees	...	Kendall's Secretary (uncredited)
Alyn Lockwood	...	Policewoman (uncredited)
George Magrill	...	Man in Racetrack Montage (uncredited)
Adrienne Marden	...	Amy Bower (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy	...	Counterman (uncredited)
Torben Meyer	...	Maitre'd in French Restaurant (uncredited)
Peter Michaels	...	Detective (uncredited)
Harold Miller	...	Train Station Extra (uncredited)
Royce Milne	...	Girl (uncredited)
Frances Morris	...	Mrs. McLean (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Jerry Mullins	...	Boy (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce	...	Office Boy (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright	...	Victim (uncredited)
'Snub' Pollard	...	Restaurant Extra (uncredited)
Joey Ray	...	Ricci (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson	...	Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Yvonne Rob	...	Freda (uncredited)
William Ruhl	...	Joe (uncredited)
Dick Ryan	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Erskine Sanford	...	Planetarium guide (uncredited)
Eileen Stevens	...	Bess Kreiger (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan	...	Sykes (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey	...	Rex Fisher (uncredited)
Wanda Tynan	...	Jenny (uncredited)
Virginia Vincent	...	Annabelle Bird (uncredited)
George Volk	...	Detective (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim	...	Pete (uncredited)
Jasper Weldon	...	Red Cap (uncredited)

Directed by
John Cromwell

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ketti Frings		writer

Produced by
John Houseman	....	producer
Sid Rogell	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Leigh Harline

Cinematography by
Nicholas Musuraca

Film Editing by
Robert Swink

Art Direction by
Albert S. D'Agostino
Alfred Herman

Set Decoration by
Darrell Silvera
William Stevens

Costume Design by
Michael Woulfe

Makeup Department
Mel Berns	....	makeup artist
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist

Sound Department
Clem Portman	....	sound
Francis M. Sarver	....	sound (as Francis Sarver)

Music Department
C. Bakaleinikoff	....	musical director

Production Companies

• RKO Radio Pictures

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1951) (USA) (theatrical)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #14448) | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Union Station - 800 N. Alameda Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

When this film was made, Howard Hughes owned both RKO, which produced it, and TWA, whose logo is featured prominently on the airplane in the airport sequence.

Fairly standard melodrama with a fine performance by Jane Greer.

Lizabeth Scott is OK here, & I'm a big fan of hers, but I would have liked her better in the role of Diane (played by Greer). Scott is just too sugary sweet in her role as a Parole Officer Angel. On the other hand, I kept waiting for Greer's character to wake up & smell the coffee, but she really never did, & that's what makes this film a cut above similar soapers of this kind. Greer is excellent as a sneering, eye-rolling bad girl who just doesn't care about those trying to help her or society, & really doesn't even care about herself. I rate it 6/10. I would have rated it higher if not for Scott's too sweet character & the happy pat en