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31 July 1953 (Finland)
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THE 10-HOUR MANHUNT...that tore New York apart!
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Peter, a WW II 'displaced person' about to be deported jumps ship in New York harbor in an effort to...
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Immigration adventure gone bad...
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Cast
(in credits order) | Vittorio Gassman | ... | Peter Kaban |
 | Gloria Grahame | ... | Maggie Summers |
 | Ann Robinson | ... | Nancy |
 | Douglas Spencer | ... | Inspector Bailey |
| Robin Raymond | ... | Tanya aka Bella Zakoyla |
 | Jerry Paris | ... | Tom |
| Elizabeth Slifer | ... | Mrs. Hinckley - Landlady |
| Richard Reeves | ... | Eddie Hinckley |
 | Joe Turkel | ... | Freddie Zakoyla (as Joseph Turkel) |
| Else Neft | ... | Mrs. Zakoyla |
| Michael Fox | ... | Inspector Toomey / Narrator |
 | Nesdon Booth | ... | Monroe - Taxi Driver (as Ned Booth) |
 | Kathleen Freeman | ... | Zelda - Fat Woman |
| Juney Ellis | ... | Girl friend |
| Jack Teagarden | ... | Musician |
 | Shorty Rogers | ... | Himself - Band Leader |
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| Richard Collier | ... | Giggling Man in Arcade (uncredited) |
| Sayre Dearing | ... | Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
| Roy Engel | ... | Police News Broadcaster (uncredited) |
| Sammy Finn | ... | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Alvin Freeman | ... | Street Dancer (uncredited) |
| Kenner G. Kemp | ... | Dock Inspector (uncredited) |
| Lou Krugman | ... | Club Manager (uncredited) |
| Joseph Mell | ... | Musician in Men's Room (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | ... | Taxi Driver's Pal (uncredited) |
| Richard Monda | ... | Louis - Street Dancer (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Neumann | ... | Zelda's Friend (uncredited) |
| Barney Phillips | ... | Police Lieutenant Reeves (uncredited) |
| 'Snub' Pollard | ... | Man in Alley with Tall Showgirl (uncredited) |
| Valerie Vernon | ... | Minor Role (uncredited) |
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| Maxwell Shane | |||
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| Ivan Tors | (screenplay) and | |
| Maxwell Shane | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Ben Coleman | .... | associate producer (as Ben Colman) | |
| Ivan Tors | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Leith Stevens | |||
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| Joseph F. Biroc | |||
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| Stanley Frazen | |||
| Herbert L. Strock | |||
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| George Van Marter | |||
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| Serge Krizman | |||
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| C.M. Florance | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Ben Berk | .... | assistant director: New York unit | |
| Richard Dixon | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| William A. Wilmarth | .... | sound | |
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| David Commons | .... | special effects | |
| Jack Rabin | .... | special effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Bobby Jones | .... | lighting effects (as Robert Jones) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Stanley Frazen | .... | supervising editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Gus Levene | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Columbia Pictures (1953) (USA) (theatrical)
- Titanus Distribuzione (1953) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Bad Girls of Film Noir Vol. 1)
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82 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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In 1953, Columbia Pictures distributed this film on a double bill with Jack McCall Desperado (1953) starring George Montgomery.See more »
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: During his first solo, trombonist Jack Teagarden's hand movements don't match the music on the soundtrack.See more »
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Mrs. Zakoyla:Don't forget, your dead father was a lousy foreigner!See more »
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Peter ( Vittorio Gassman) and Maggie (Gloria Grahame) show what can happen to immigrants that arrive here without proper papers. He has a loophole that he thinks he can use to be admitted to the country, but without enough information, this plan isn't going to work... Grahame had JUST made "the Bad and the Beautiful, which won her an Oscar; she often played the rough, gritty, sexy type that seemed to find trouble of some sort. Keep an eye out for Jerry Paris (we all know him as Dick Van Dyke's next door neighbor/dentist), directed a whole lot of TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s. Here he plays "Tom", someone from Peter's past who can help him if he can be located. Also some great photography (real or stock footage...?) of the crowded, rough and tumble, glizty well-lit Times Square from the 1950s, before Disney bought the whole block. A good, well told story, even if there are a couple of unbelievable moments here and there, like in the taxi cab.... Written and directed by Maxwell Shane, who mostly stuck to writing, but also produced and directed a few things from 1930 - 1960.