A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Ida Lupino | ... | Lily Stevens | |
| Cornel Wilde | ... | Pete Morgan | |
| Celeste Holm | ... | Susie Smith | |
| Richard Widmark | ... | Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins | |
| O.Z. Whitehead | ... | Arthur | |
| Robert Karnes | ... | Mike | |
| George Beranger | ... | Lefty | |
| Ian MacDonald | ... | Police Captain | |
| Grandon Rhodes | ... | Judge | |
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Jefty, owner of a roadhouse in a backwoods town, hires sultry, tough-talking torch singer Lily Stevens against the advice of his manager Pete Morgan. Jefty is smitten with Lily, who in turn exerts her charms on the more resistant Pete. When Pete finally falls for her and she turns down Jefty's marriage proposal, they must face Jefty's murderous jealousy and his twisted plots to "punish" the two. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Richard Widmark follows 'The Street With No Name' in another tornado of thrills ! See more »Parents Guide:
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(uncredited)
Music by Lionel Newman and Charles Henderson
Lyrics by Don George
Sung by Ida Lupino
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Charles Bickford, Victor Mature and Lee J. Cobb were also considered for the roles of Pete and Jefty. See more »Goofs
Jefty is seen leaving the cabin with a rifle in his left hand and a can of tomato juice in his right hand. In the next shot when he actually exits the cabin he has the rifle in his right hand and the tomato juice in his left hand. See more »Soundtracks
The Right Kind(uncredited)
Music by Lionel Newman and Charles Henderson
Lyrics by Don George
Sung by Ida Lupino
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4 November 1948 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dark Love See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
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This is one of my favorite film-noirs. I could watch it every night and not get tired of it. What Ida Lupino was able to do with a cigarette, a few shrugs of her shoulder and a gravelly singing voice, well lets just say they there oughta be a law against it. The casting of this film could not have been better.Richard Widmark, Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde and Celeste Holm are all at the top of their game here. And to top it all off, it has one of the greatest bar-room brawls of all time. If you've never seen it, you're wasting valuable time here. Shut off your computer, go down to your local video store and rent it immediately. You won't be disappointed. Or better yet, try to catch it on a big screen somewhere.