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7.1/10   164 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jo Pagano (written by)
Jo Pagano (novel)
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Release Date:
12 December 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
A blonde with ice cold nerves and deep warm curves !
Plot:
A man down on his luck falls in with a criminal. After a senseless murder, the two are lynched. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination more
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A Stellar Noir Film with a Message as Strong Today as in 1950 more (12 total)

Cast

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Frank Lovejoy ... Howard Tyler
Kathleen Ryan ... Judy Tyler
Richard Carlson ... Gil Stanton

Lloyd Bridges ... Jerry Slocum
Katherine Locke ... Hazel Weatherwax
Adele Jergens ... Velma
Art Smith ... Hal Clendenning
Renzo Cesana ... Dr. Vito Simone
Irene Vernon ... Helen Stanton
Cliff Clark ... Sheriff Lem Demig
Harry Shannon ... Mr. Yaeger
Donald Smelick ... Tommy Tyler
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Try and Get Me (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
85 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:Approved (certificate #14754) | UK:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
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Script was based upon the 1933 kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart. Son of the owner of Hart's Department Store in San Jose, California. The two kidnapping suspects were pulled from jail by group of vigilantes who dragged them across the street to St. James Park and lynched both of them. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Fury (1936) more

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A Stellar Noir Film with a Message as Strong Today as in 1950, 19 August 2006
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Author: harrisonransom from San Francisco, California

An awesomely powerful look at the divide between social classes in the US circa 1950 culminating in the transformation of law-abiding citizens into a violent, blood-thirsty mob bent on taking the law into their own hands. The mass psychology of mob violence couldn't be better portrayed. I have no idea how this truly moving film could have fallen into obscurity. It's message that violence never resolves conflict is as painfully current today as it was in 1950. Will we never learn from the past? One of the darkest Noir films I've seen. Generates a successive waterfall of emotions spanning the spectrum of human experiences, needs and drives. Well acted and well worth watching. Very highly recommended.

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