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18 February 1953 (France) moreTagline:
How much does it take for a Woman to Sellout her Man?Plot:
Big-city newspaper Editor Haven D. Allridge starts a crusade to smash corrupt small-town sheriff Burke... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Walter Pidgeon | ... | Haven D. Allridge |
| John Hodiak | ... | Charles 'Chick' Johnson |
| Audrey Totter | ... | Cleo Bethel |
| Paula Raymond | ... | Peggy Stauton |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Sherrif Kellwin C. Burke |
| Cameron Mitchell | ... | Randloph 'Randy' Stauton |
 | Karl Malden | ... | Capt. Buck Maxwell |
| Everett Sloane | ... | Nelson S. Tarsson |
| Jonathan Cott | ... | Deputy Edward 'Ned' Grayton |
| Frank Cady | ... | Bennie Amboy |
| Hugh Sanders | ... | Judge Neeler |
| Griff Barnett | ... | Atty. General J. R. Morrison |
| Burt Mustin | ... | Elk M. Ludens |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Wilfred Jackson |
| Roy Engel | ... | Sam F. Slaper |
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83 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #15484)FAQ
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Others have summed up the plot in far more detail; so suffice to say, this MGM second-feature has Pigeon taking centre stage in a Smalltown USA, man-against-the-mob story of a newspaper editor getting bogged down in the mire of police corruption he's battling to expose.
Despite being relatively full of incident the action is not exactly rivetingly staged, but then the script allocates much more time to wordy exposition than it does the kind of noir-ish trappings that might otherwise befit this type of plot.
That said there's a full rogue's gallery of a B-cast embodying themes of wasted lives and silent witnesses which, for the running time, was enough to carry this viewer through to the compellingly executed courtroom climax.