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23 May 1952 (USA)
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A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory...
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Despite some odd casting, it works... and works very well.
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(Complete credited cast)| 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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79 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Continuity: The actor killed in the final sequence can be seen reacting twice to being shot in different angles BEFORE the shot is actually fired.
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It sure was odd seeing a 57 year-old George Raft playing essentially the same role he'd been playing almost twenty years earlier--especially since the stuntman they used for him looked much younger and a lot more fit! Also, having a 27 year age difference between him and his girlfriend also strained the limits of credibility. However, if you can ignore the oddness of the casting, then it's a very good example of Film Noir that is sure to please lovers of this genre.
Raft plays a man who has just gotten out of prison for assault. He genuinely wants to go straight, but unfortunately the job prospect he has wants him to do some undercover work to determine who's in charge of a local loan shark business. He turns the job down, but when his brother-in-law is soon killed by these thugs, he changes his mind and works his way up through the racket to find "Mr. Big".
An exciting script, very good acting and pacing make this a fine fine example of Film Noir. If you liked this film, try to see Alan Ladd in APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER. The plot is very similar, though the Ladd film is a good bit grittier and tougher.
By the way, although this is a good film, Raft's prospects in Hollywood were pretty bleak at this point in his career. Raft made a habit of turning down amazing roles and by the 1950s he was starring in mostly B-pictures. According to IMDb, he'd "turned down High Sierra (1941), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942) and Double Indemnity (1944)"--yikes!