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Director:
Joseph H. Lewis
Writers:
Howard Dimsdale (writer)
Cyril Hume (adaptation)
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Release Date:
3 August 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Tagline:
M-G-M THRILLS! (original print ad - all caps)
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User Comments:
I'd buy cigarettes from her, and I don't even smoke. more (11 total)

Cast

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Hedy Lamarr ... Marianne Lorress
John Hodiak ... Peter Karczag INS aka Josef Gombush
James Craig ... Chief Frank Westlake, INS
George Macready ... Palinov, Gulf Stream Cafe Havana
Steven Geray ... Frenchman, Palinov's Tout
Bruce Cowling ... Archer Delby James, Pilot
Nedrick Young ... Harry Nordell
Steven Hill ... Jack
Robert Osterloh ... Lt. Lannahan, NYC Cop
Trevor Bardette ... Lt. Carfagno, Cuban Cop
Charles Wagenheim ... Ramon Santez
Renzo Cesana ... Asa Sestina, Deported Mobster
Esther Zeitlin ... Beryl Sandring
Carlo Tricoli ... Mr. Sandring
Marta Mitrovich ... Elizabeth Alonescu
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
74 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #14465) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: An an airport identified by a conspicuous sign saying "MIAMI AIRPORT", an airplane arrives from Miami. more
Soundtrack:
I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) more

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I'd buy cigarettes from her, and I don't even smoke., 9 June 2008
Author: lastliberal from Florida

Not the best film that Hedy Lamarr has been in, but certainly another chance to enjoy this incredibly beautiful and talented actress. She made this semi-documentary film noir after Samson and Delilah. Supposedly, she got paid some big bucks as she was a hot property at the time.

The story takes place in pre-Castro Cuba, but it is basically the same as today. It was a jumping off spot for refugees from Europe who wanted to come to the US. Hedy plays a Buchenwald concentration camp victim that has been bouncing around, is broke, and only 90 miles from her dream.

She runs into an INS agent (John Hodiak) that is working undercover to find out about the smugging into the US. Director Joseph H. Lewis was more familiar with westerns, and you can see that here as Hodiak ends up playing Dudley Do-right and rescuing Nell (Lamarr) from Snidely Whiplash (George Macready, who plays a great cultured bad guy).

A quality story, it's not, but. hey, we came here for Hedy.

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