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Impact

  • 19491949
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  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Impact (1949)
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CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding, and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding, and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding, and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
19,780
1,845
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    • Director
      • Arthur Lubin
    • Writers
      • Dorothy Davenport(screenplay)
      • Jay Dratler(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Brian Donlevy
      • Ella Raines
      • Charles Coburn
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Arthur Lubin
    • Writers
      • Dorothy Davenport(screenplay)
      • Jay Dratler(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Brian Donlevy
      • Ella Raines
      • Charles Coburn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 93User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews

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    Trailer 1:46
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    Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, and Helen Walker in Impact (1949)
    Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, and Helen Walker in Impact (1949)
    Charles Coburn, Brian Donlevy, and Ella Raines in Impact (1949)
    Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, and Helen Walker in Impact (1949)
    Helen Walker in Impact (1949)
    Charles Coburn and Ella Raines in Impact (1949)
    Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines in Impact (1949)
    Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines in Impact (1949)
    Brian Donlevy in Impact (1949)
    Brian Donlevy in Impact (1949)
    Brian Donlevy in Impact (1949)
    Brian Donlevy, Edward Biby, James Carlisle, and Sam Harris in Impact (1949)

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    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    • Walter Williams
    Ella Raines
    Ella Raines
    • Marsha Peters
    Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn
    • Lt. Tom Quincy
    Helen Walker
    Helen Walker
    • Irene Williams
    Anna May Wong
    Anna May Wong
    • Su Lin Chung
    Robert Warwick
    Robert Warwick
    • Capt. Callahan
    Clarence Kolb
    Clarence Kolb
    • Darcy
    Art Baker
    Art Baker
    • Eldredge - Defense Attorney
    William Wright
    William Wright
    • Prosecutor
    Mae Marsh
    Mae Marsh
    • Mrs. King
    • (as Mrs. Peters)
    Sheilah Graham
    Sheilah Graham
    • Sheila Graham
    Tony Barrett
    Tony Barrett
    • Jim Torrence
    Philip Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    • Ah Sing
    Glen Vernon
    Glen Vernon
    • Ed
    • (as Glenn Vernon)
    Linda Leighton
    Linda Leighton
    • Miss Revere - Telephone Operator
    • (as Linda Johnson)
    Jason Robards Sr.
    Jason Robards Sr.
    • Judge
    • (as Jason Robards)
    Erskine Sanford
    Erskine Sanford
    • Dr. Henry Bender
    Ruth Robinson
    • Apartment Manager
    • Director
      • Arthur Lubin
    • Writers
      • Dorothy Davenport(screenplay)
      • Jay Dratler(screenplay) (original story)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The building that served as the exterior of Sue Lin's apartment is 834 Washington St., San Francisco, CA. It still stands as of this writing (04/2019) almost completely intact. There is a business on the ground floor, but the three floors above it remain, and nearly all the adornments remain (it can be viewed on Google maps, street view).
    • Goofs
      The end credits list the name of the character played by Mae Marsh as "Mrs. Peters." Mae Marsh played the mother of the gas station owner. The only time the mother's name is mentioned in the film is when Walter Williams first comes to the house for supper and he calls her "Mrs. King." Marsha Peters (the gas station owner) and her mother would not have had the same last name, since Marsha explains when she first meets Walter that her husband was killed in World War II.

      When this movie was made, and in the small town where this character lived, a woman would not have kept her maiden name when marrying or returned to it after being widowed. She would have remained Mrs. Peters unless she remarried.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Tom Quincy: Are you Ah Sing? Understand? You understandee English?

      Ah Sing: [nods] Also French, Italian, and Hebrew.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Green Fog (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      It Can't Be
      Written by Leo C. Popkin and Chuck Gould

    User reviews93

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    Many memorable moments
    Whoever likes movies of the late Forties should not miss this one. It tells a typical film noir story that is coherent and easy to understand. Impact is a quite artful picture, obviously made by first rate professionals. The balance between location shooting (mainly in and around San Francisco) and the extraordinarily stylish sets is in my opinion perfect and well thought out. At the center of the story is the attempted killing of the main character by his wife's lover. The car with the two men drives at night along a sinuous mountain road. It slows down and stops because of a flat tyre. As the viewers already know, this is the spot where the murder should take place. With unbelievable ease the natural surroundings (reminding you of the dramatic climax in Hitchcock's Family Plot) change into an almost expressionistic stage set with artificial fog at the bottom and everything. It is an unforgettable moment. What the film people could achieve in those days!

    Brian Donlevy has some very good moments. As after a phone call he fully realises that his wife who he naively loved (calling himself "Softy" in his messages to her) had cheated and betrayed him, he stumbles to a bench on a station platform, stares into the void with dim eyes and then starts crying with rage and frustration. The scene takes almost a minute and proves that Donlevy is a much underrated actor who should be honored more.

    Apart from the realistic presentation of parts of San Francisco in the late Forties (it complements Welles‘ impressions in Lady from Shanghai"), Impact has some nice pieces of slang (at least to a foreigner whose mother tongue is not English). "Grovel a shuteye" for "taking a nap", that's nice, isn't it?
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    • manuel-pestalozzi
    • May 26, 2003

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 1949 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sudar
    • Filming locations
      • Larkspur, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Harry Popkin Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $900,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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