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Jesse Lasky Jr. (writer)
Jerome Odlum (screenplay)
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13 July 1951 (USA) more
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Small-time gambler flees town and hooks up with his ex-wife (Virginia) to avoid arrest for murder. Protecting Virginia from a masher... more | add synopsis
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But you can trust me about this one ... more (1 total)

Cast

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Dane Clark ... Steve Garry
Cathy O'Donnell ... Virginia Merrill
Tom Drake ... Sgt. Ed Donovan
Jeff Corey ... Lou Brecker
Myrna Dell ... Dolores Alden

Rhys Williams ... Sgt. Quentin McCloy
Kathryn Card ... Phoebe
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79 min
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But you can trust me about this one ..., 27 December 2009

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

What a wonderful little crime programmer from Columbia Pictures I just discovered. And a very rare one too. Ralph Murphy did not made many thrillers but mainly westerns, corny films indeed. This one is surprising by his pace, characters and story. A real film noir, even grade B.

Dane Clark plays here a poor fellow chased by the police in a witness murder charge. He is a former gambler and goes to his ex wife's apartment to hide from the police. But the gal is molested by a man who is accidentally killed by our lead. So, Clark tries to disguise the murder in car accident.

So, the investigation begins, with a detective who falls for the gambler's wife...

The climax on the waterfront is excellent.

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