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13 February 1955 (USA) moreTagline:
The Most Startling Story The Screen Has Ever Dared Reveal!Plot:
Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown because it's costing... more | full synopsisUser Comments:
First-rate film noir more (39 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Cornel Wilde | ... | Police Lt. Leonard Diamond |
 | Richard Conte | ... | Mr. Brown |
 | Brian Donlevy | ... | Joe McClure |
 | Jean Wallace | ... | Susan Lowell |
| Robert Middleton | ... | Police Capt. Peterson |
| Lee Van Cleef | ... | Fante |
| Earl Holliman | ... | Mingo |
| Helen Walker | ... | Alicia Brown |
| Jay Adler | ... | Detective Sam Hill |
| John Hoyt | ... | Nils Dreyer |
| Ted de Corsia | ... | Ralph Bettini |
| Helene Stanton | ... | Rita |
| Roy Gordon | ... | Audubon |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Doctor (scenes deleted) (as Whit Bissel) |
| Steve Mitchell | ... | Bennie Smith, Boxer |
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This film skirted the Production Code by making several not to subtle hints that Mr. Brown's henchmen, Fante and Mingo (played by Lee Van Cleef and 'Earl Holiman'), were a homosexual couple. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When John Hoyt as Dreyer reaches into his desk for a gun, the contents of the desk on the insert close-up do not match the contents on the master shot. moreQuotes:
Leonard Diamond: Do you know Mr. Brown?Nils Dreyer: I had lunch with him last week. He's a very fine gentleman.
Leonard Diamond: He's a hoodlum.
Nils Dreyer: Because I have lunch with him, that is not a crime. I'll have lunch with anybody, I'm democratic. I'll even have lunch with you.
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This is one of the finest of film noirs, unjustly forgotten. John Alton's black-and-white cinematography is brilliant, smoothly playing with light and darkness while dazzling our eyes. This might be Joseph Lewis' best film (it's a hard choice) and the cast is amazing. Fun to see Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman play (probably) gay hit men; Brian Donlevy in an unusual supporting role provides heft; Richard Conte is a great, great villain. And Jean Wallace is luminous in the femme-fatale-turned-good role. Catch it if you can.