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Writers:
Samuel Fuller (novel)
Ted Sherdeman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 January 1952 (USA) more
Plot:
The editor of a New York exploitation newspaper meets the wife he had abandoned years ago, while using another name... more | add synopsis
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Solid suspense and well-paced more (18 total)

Cast

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Broderick Crawford ... Mark Chapman aka George Grant

Donna Reed ... Julie Allison
John Derek ... Steve McCleary
Rosemary DeCamp ... Charlotte Grant
Henry O'Neill ... Charlie Barnes
Harry Morgan ... Biddle (as Henry Morgan)
James Millican ... Lt. Davis
Griff Barnett ... Judge Elroy Hacker
Jonathan Hale ... Frank Madison
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Dark Page (UK)
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Runtime:
82 min | West Germany:76 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #15405) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | West Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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Quotes:
Biddle: You know that wasn't a bad looking dame. Too bad the guy used an axe on her head. Spoiled some pretty pictures for me. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Scandal Sheet (1985) (TV) more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Solid suspense and well-paced, 2 November 1999
8/10
Author: Eric Chapman (caspar_h@yahoo.com) from Pittsburgh, PA

Gripping storyline fueled by some heavy duty irony. Crawford plays a ruthless tabloid newspaper editor who has the tables turned on him when he commits a crime, then finds himself having to encourage his top reporter to get to the bottom of the story, in order to deflect suspicion. Top notch suspense as Crawford gambles that he can keep his cool and get away with it, even as the walls close in and the odds look worse and worse. The dialogue is typical Samuel Fuller, (he wrote the novel upon which the film was based) colorfully gritty but at times head-scratchingly obtuse. Crawford is at his no-nonsense, take no prisoners, mince-no-words best, and able support from a young John Derek and Donna Reed (smoking cigarettes and a little less squeaky clean than usual). Good stuff.

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