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6.6/10   256 votes
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Director:
Writers:
George Bricker (writer)
Steve Fisher (writer)
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Release Date:
17 September 1951 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Hot Lead and Cold Cash Outside the Law
Plot:
An L.A. insurance detective starts to get involved with a girl he is increasingly attracted to, even though he sees her as a chiseller... more | add synopsis
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Good example of the film noir genre. more (17 total)

Cast

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Charles McGraw ... Joe Peters
Joan Dixon ... Diane
Lowell Gilmore ... Kendall Webb
Louis Jean Heydt ... Harry Miller
Milburn Stone ... Egan
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Runtime:
73 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Plot holes: Miller tells Joe Peters he revealed himself as being associated with the robbery because Peters had said five men (plus the pilot) were involved at a time when that information was not known to the insurance company. Yet, immediately after-wards Egan is cross-examining the pilot and mentioned the five men as though it was a fact, before the pilot actually admitted it. more
Soundtrack:
So Swell of You more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Good example of the film noir genre., 4 November 2001
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Author: Fleapit from Wales, Gt.Britain.

Billed as the story of an insurance investigator who goes crooked to please his femme fatale but there the similarity with "Double Indemnity" ends.

No twists or turns, no subtleties, this story is told as it is. A plain straightforward account that becomes almost predictable as the plot slowly unwinds from one situation to the next inevitable one. Nevertheless it's good yarn and well worth seeing. Better than your average B film. The outdoor footage gives a good impression of LA circa 1950. Ends with a thrilling police car chase on the LA river(?) and the villain ? ....... we'll you'll have to see it yourself.

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