When a reporter helps his girlfriend murder her rich husband, an innocent man gets the blame and faces execution.
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| Ann Savage | ... | Toni Kirkland | |
| Hugh Beaumont | ... | Kenny Blake | |
| Russell Hicks | ... | Harvey Kirkland | |
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Charles D. Brown | ... | Ward McKee |
| Pierre Watkin | ... | Craig Jordan | |
| Sarah Padden | ... | Maggie - the Janitress | |
| Norman Willis | ... | Allen Webb | |
| Eva Novak | ... | Kirkland's Maid | |
| Budd Buster | ... | Jed - the Caretaker | |
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George Sherwood | ... | Police Lt. Edwards |
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Wheaton Chambers | ... | Minister |
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Arch Hall Sr. | ... | Paul (as Archie Hall) |
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Elizabeth Valentine | ... | Mrs. Harper - Rancher's Wife |
| Henry Hall | ... | Prison Warden | |
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Reporter Kenny Blake (Hugh Beaumont) falls in love with scheming Toni Kirkland ('Ann Savage') not knowing that she is married to Harvey Kirkland (Russell Hicks), a man years older than she. By the time he finds out, he is so under her spell that he murders her husband which is what Toni had planned all along. City editor Ward McKee (Charles D. Brown, Kenny's boss and best friend, begins to pursue the tangled threads of the crime relentlessly and gradually closes the net on Kenny. The latter is mortally wounded by Toni, who has deserted him for another man. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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Country:
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27 September 1945 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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The earliest documented telecast of this film in the New York City area took place Friday 18 February 1949 on the Film Theater of the Air on WCBS (Channel 2). See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This film was an unapologetic rip-off of "Double Indemnity" which has been called 'The First Film Noir' and was released a year earlier. Not a total failure, but without the star power and amazing dialog of 'Indemnity' there really is just no comparison. Of course you still get Hollywood rip- offs today, but seems they can't get away with anything so blatant as this low-budget rush job from PRC productions. The film does give you another look at Ann Savage who also played the femme fatale in another fantastic noir "Detour." Perhaps it is worth watching as a good example of what the lower tier or 'poverty row' studios could produce on a shoestring before they all gradually disappeared in the 50s.