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27 August 1954 (USA) moreTagline:
So savage, so stark, so vicious, it'll make your skin crawl! morePlot:
A vicious cop (Edmond O'Brien) kills a drug runner and steals $25,000 from the corpse. He then frames... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
good cop goes bad moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Edmond O'Brien | ... | Det. Lt. Barney Nolan |
 | Marla English | ... | Patty Winters |
| John Agar | ... | Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster |
| Emile Meyer | ... | Capt. Gunnarson |
 | Carolyn Jones | ... | Beth, Girl at Bar |
| Claude Akins | ... | Fat Michaels |
| Lawrence Ryle | ... | Laddie O'Neil (as Larry Ryle) |
| Herbert Butterfield | ... | Cabot, Reporter |
| Hugh Sanders | ... | Packy Reed |
| William Schallert | ... | Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker |
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Fun Stuff
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Boom mic visible: At the beginning of the movie, as Nolan pulls his first victim into the alley, the shadow of the boom mic is clearly visible on the wall behind them. moreFAQ
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I cannot say that this is one of the better films noir, but it's a good example of the way this kind of film was drifting in the early fifties: away from the studios; toward independent production; more cars, fewer subways; a vaguely documentary air, ala Jack Webb, rather than the more elegant stylization we associate with the forties; more outdoor scenes, fewer cramped rooms; and overall a movement away from the Gothic and toward a more contemporary, which is to say paranoid mood. Having said this, it ain't a bad picture. Edmond O'Brien (who also had a hand behind the camera) plays a basically decent and fair cop who gives in to temptation and steals some money from a bad guy. He pays dearly for his transgression. O'Brien is edgier and tougher than usual; the rest of the cast is okay. This is an extremely watchable film. It involves you more than most police thrillers. I enjoyed it thoroughly.