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Writers:
Isadore Goldsmith (story) and
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Release Date:
6 April 1951 (USA) more
Plot:
John Barrington escapes from an asylum for the criminally-insane and finds refuge on the ranch of turkey-raiser Ezra Thompson... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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John Ireland ... John Howard Barrington
Mercedes McCambridge ... Connie Carter
James Barton ... Ezra Thompson
Emlyn Williams ... Dr. David Dunbar
Lloyd Gough ... Asylum Dr. Gordon
Basil Ruysdael ... Cyrus Barrington
David Wolfe ... Level Louie
Harry Shannon ... Asylum Warden Anderson
Celia Lovsky ... Mrs. Cyrus Barrington

David McMahon ... State Trooper (as Dave McMahon)
Chubby Johnson ... Feed Store Manager
Frank Jenks ... Tom - Drunk cowboy
Emmett Lynn ... Jack the Waiter
Dick Wessel ... Sid - Drunk cowboy
Frank Jaquet ... Town Sheriff
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Dungeon
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Runtime:
93 min | 87 min (TCM print)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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5 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Sort of a Noir, Sort of Ludicrous and Awful, 4 November 2004
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Author: David (Handlinghandel) from NY, NY

This weird item begins on a turkey farm. The farmer is a philosopher.

The movie is a turkey with pretensions of philosophical wisdom. Every line, virtually, is an epigram, but, though it was made around the same time, this sure ain't no "All About Eve."

The dialogue is like that of a mediocre off-off-Broadway play: full of meaning, full of -- well, something else.

The story is interesting enough. Nice guy framed by friend. Nice guy is, inexplicable at least in the surviving print, son of rich man. Decent men triumph and reveal the guilty party.

Among the other oddities is the casting of Mercedes McCambridge, a fine character actress, as the gorgeous dame. Gorgeous she ain't, though she turns in a game -- no, not gamy -- performance. She was a far better actress than, say, Cleo Moore, but surely someone more convincing was available.

The whole thing is entertaining but annoying. It could have stood on its own, minus the pretension that abounds.

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