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'C'-Man

  • 19491949
  • 1h 15m
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5.8/10
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John Carradine, Lottie Elwen, Dean Jagger, and Harry Landers in 'C'-Man (1949)
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Film-Noir
A Treasury Department agent is murdered. His best friend, a fellow agent, investigates and stumbles into a scheme involving smuggling and murder.A Treasury Department agent is murdered. His best friend, a fellow agent, investigates and stumbles into a scheme involving smuggling and murder.A Treasury Department agent is murdered. His best friend, a fellow agent, investigates and stumbles into a scheme involving smuggling and murder.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
280
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  • Director
    • Joseph Lerner
  • Writer
    • Berne Giler(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dean Jagger
    • John Carradine
    • Harry Landers
Top credits
  • Director
    • Joseph Lerner
  • Writer
    • Berne Giler(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dean Jagger
    • John Carradine
    • Harry Landers
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    • 11User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    'C'-Man (1949)
    John Carradine and Dean Jagger in 'C'-Man (1949)
    'C'-Man (1949)
    'C'-Man (1949)

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    Dean Jagger
    Dean Jagger
    • Cliff Holden - alias William Harrahas Cliff Holden - alias William Harrah
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • Doc Spenceras Doc Spencer
    Harry Landers
    Harry Landers
    • Owney Shoras Owney Shor
    Lottie Elwen
    • Kathe van Bourneas Kathe van Bourne
    Rene Paul
    • Matty Royalas Matty Royal
    Walter Vaughn
    • Customs Inspector Brandonas Customs Inspector Brandon
    • (as Walter Vaughan)
    Adelaide Klein
    • Minnie Hoffmanas Minnie Hoffman
    Edith Atwater
    Edith Atwater
    • Lydia Brundageas Lydia Brundage
    Walter Brooke
    Walter Brooke
    • Joeas Joe
    • (uncredited)
    Jean Ellyn
    • Birdie Altonas Birdie Alton
    • (uncredited)
    Dennis Patrick
    Dennis Patrick
      • Director
        • Joseph Lerner
      • Writer
        • Berne Giler(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        Based on his 'C'-Man film score, composer Gail Kubik's Symphony Concertante was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1952.
      • Soundtracks
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        Written by Gail Kubik and Larry Orenstein (as Larry Neill)

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      4/10
      Cheap and Ugly Paycheck Movie
      Dean Jagger is a customs agent with a trench coat. He's told a good friend has been killed tracking down a jewelry theft ring in Marseilles, and he's been assigned to fly to Europe so he can be seated on a flight next to the suspected head of the operation. Through mischance, he's seated next to Lottie Elwen, who's coming to America to marry a guy whose apartment has been invaded and he's been killed. She's also carrying the latest batch of stolen ice.

      It's what I call a paycheck movie, made of bits and pieces of other movies, filled with talent in front of and behind the camera who haven't made it and who may never do so. Jagger, who had been struggling in the Bs for 20 years, goes undercover as a dumb PI who gets his head beat in for information; his next movie would win him the Oscar for Best Supporting Oscar, but here he's doing his best with a ridiculous script. Director Joseph Lerner would struggle for ten years, making a few documentaries and independent Bs like this and disappear from the movies. Second-billed John Carradine .... well, here was an actor whom everyone respected and who never really clicked. Cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld, DP on his second movie, shot the streets of New York like he hated them, and did well enough eventually. His black-and-white camerawork topped out with FAIL-SAFE and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Composer Gail Kubik would turn his score from this movie into a Pulitzer-Prize winning symphony, but here it just sounds.... cheap. . And that's this whole movie: cheap,with everyone trying to do a decent job and earn their paychecks and do well enough that some one would notice and say "Well, this guy has potential. Let's give him a shot. Most of the people here never really got that shot, or had long minor careers. Well, sometimes that's what people want.
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      • Jul 25, 2018

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      • Release date
        • May 27, 1949 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Agentul-'C'
      • Filming locations
        • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
      • Production company
        • Laurel Films
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 15 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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