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Release Date:
17 October 1950 (USA) morePlot:
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Not pure film noir. moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Charlton Heston | ... | Danny Haley / Richard Branton |
 | Lizabeth Scott | ... | Fran Garland |
| Viveca Lindfors | ... | Victoria Winant |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Capt. Garvey |
| Don DeFore | ... | Arthur Winant |
 | Jack Webb | ... | Augie |
 | Ed Begley | ... | Barney |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Soldier (as Henry Morgan) |
| Walter Sande | ... | Swede |
| Mark Keuning | ... | Billy Winant |
| Mike Mazurki | ... | Sidney Winant |
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98 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Filming Locations:
Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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Danny Haley: We are under arrest?Capt. Garvey: No, guys like you seldom get arrested. You get killed first.
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Referenced in Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979) (TV) moreSoundtrack:
A LETTER FROM A LADY IN LOVE moreFAQ
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This is a strange mixture of three genres:
-the film noir:the dives,the gamblers,and the fact that Scott resembles Lauren Bacall.
-the suspense:the killer with the ring who's doing away with the ones who were responsible for his brother's death:we only see his hand ,and it will remain so till the very last sequence.With hindsight,it would have been better if we had not seen him at all.The mystery would have been more disturbing.What a disappointment if we had seen the truck driver's face in Spielberg's "duel"(1974)!
-the melodrama:the widow and her son gets in the way,as far as film noir is concerned.The way Heston redeems himself is much too predictable.
Of course,Heston is very good and the supporting cast competent.But by trying to juggle three things at once,the movie loses much of its strength and the ending is anti-film noir.