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6.8/10   96 votes
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Director:
Seymour Friedman
Writers:
Eugene Ling (writer)
Martin Rackin (story)
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Release Date:
23 May 1952 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Plot:
A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory... more | add synopsis
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George Raft as Blanche DuBois more

Cast

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George Raft ... Joe Gargen

Dorothy Hart ... Ann Nelson
Paul Stewart ... Lou Donelli
John Hoyt ... Vince Phillips
Helen Westcott ... Martha Gargen Haines
Henry Slate ... Paul Nelson
Russell Johnson ... Charlie Thompson

Margia Dean ... Ivy
Benny Baker ... Tubby
Lawrence Dobkin ... Walter Kerr (as Larry Dobkin)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
79 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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Revealing mistakes: Despite using a six-shot revolver, one of the characters in the final reel fires eleven shots without reloading. more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
George Raft as Blanche DuBois, 16 December 2007
7/10
Author: David (Handlinghandel) from NY, NY

OK: That's only at the beginning. catch the start of this nice little noir. Raft makes an entrance any diva would have been pleased with. And he arrives to visit his sister. On the way, he passes a squabbling couple. The sister greets him with love and concern, commenting on how tired he looks. And then he goes to soak in a hot bath! Later in the movie, we see that the authors have been influenced by another play that became a movie: The girlfriend of one of the bad guys suddenly sounds like Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn, from "Born yesterday." It may indeed have been unconscious. But wait: The climactic scene -- and this is giving nothing away -- is set in a theater.

All this said, it's an excellent movie for something on so obviously low a budget. Raft is the same as he usually was. He's not exciting but he gives a solid performance. The lead female, Dorothy Hart, is attractive and convincing. The supporting cast is very good and they're all well directed.

It's by no means a great movie but it's a decent, good one, worth your time.

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