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Director:
William Dieterle
Writers:
Ketti Frings (adaptation)
Larry Marcus (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 October 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them. full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Charlton Heston Dies at 84
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User Comments:
Heston's star turn top-notch, but story isn't more (11 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A
Filming Locations:
Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Danny Haley: We are under arrest?
Capt. Garvey: No, guys like you seldom get arrested. You get killed first.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
I DON'T WANT TO WALK WITHOUT YOU more

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Heston's star turn top-notch, but story isn't, 19 June 2003
5/10
Author: herbqedi from New York, NY

Heston does a marvelous job is in his first star turn. Jack Webb, Harry Morgan, and Ed Begley lend impeccable supporting work. Don De Fore is re-teamed with Lizabeth Scott for the first time since You Came Along. Scott (Dead Reckoning, Strange Love of Martha Ivers, I Walk Alone, Stolen Face) is one of my all-time favorite femme fatales. Dieterle's direction is fast-paced and interesting throughout. Unfortunately, the whole turns out to be less than the sum of its parts.

The problem is in the inconsistent and unimaginative script. It's really a pedestrian tale of revenge with a miscast Mike Mazurki -- not a true film noir as it is normally billed. The parade of musical interludes is annoying. The chemistry between Scott and Heston doesn't work. And, the ending is a real letdown.

Chalk this one up as a well-acted and well-directed misfire.

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