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Not Wanted

  • 19491949
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 31m
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6.8/10
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Anson Bond, Keefe Brasselle, Elmer Clifton, Sally Forrest, Ida Lupino, and Leo Penn in Not Wanted (1949)
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After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
714
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  • Directors
    • Elmer Clifton
    • Ida Lupino(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Paul Jarrico(screenplay by)
    • Ida Lupino(screenplay by)
    • Malvin Wald(original story by)
  • Stars
    • Sally Forrest
    • Keefe Brasselle
    • Leo Penn
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  • Directors
    • Elmer Clifton
    • Ida Lupino(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Paul Jarrico(screenplay by)
    • Ida Lupino(screenplay by)
    • Malvin Wald(original story by)
  • Stars
    • Sally Forrest
    • Keefe Brasselle
    • Leo Penn
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    • 13User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Not Wanted (1949)
    Sally Forrest in Not Wanted (1949)
    Sally Forrest in Not Wanted (1949)
    Not Wanted (1949)
    Sally Forrest in Not Wanted (1949)

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    Sally Forrest
    Sally Forrest
    • Sally Keltonas Sally Kelton
    Keefe Brasselle
    Keefe Brasselle
    • Drew Baxteras Drew Baxter
    Leo Penn
    • Steve Ryanas Steve Ryan
    Dorothy Adams
    Dorothy Adams
    • Mrs. Aggie Keltonas Mrs. Aggie Kelton
    Wheaton Chambers
    • Mr. Keltonas Mr. Kelton
    Rita Lupino
    • Joanas Joan
    Audrey Farr
    • Nancyas Nancy
    Carole Donne
    • Janeas Jane
    Ruth Clifford
    Ruth Clifford
    • Mrs. Elizabeth Stoneas Mrs. Elizabeth Stone
    Ruthelma Stevens
    Ruthelma Stevens
    • Miss Jamesas Miss James
    Virginia Mullen
    Virginia Mullen
    • Mrs. Banningas Mrs. Banning
    • (as Virginia Mullin)
    Marie Harmon
    • Ireneas Irene
    Roger Anderson
    • Bill Aikensas Bill Aikens
    Gregg Barton
    Gregg Barton
    • Patrolmanas Patrolman
    Charles Seel
    Charles Seel
    • Dr. Williamsas Dr. Williams
    Lawrence Dobkin
    Lawrence Dobkin
    • Assistant District Attorneyas Assistant District Attorney
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
    Patrick Whyte
    Patrick Whyte
    • Rev. Culbertsonas Rev. Culbertson
    Maurice Bernstein
    • Doctor in Delivery Roomas Doctor in Delivery Room
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Elmer Clifton
      • Ida Lupino(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Paul Jarrico(screenplay by) (original story by)
      • Ida Lupino(screenplay by)
      • Malvin Wald(original story by)
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    Twentyish Sally Kelton is unhappy at home and in her drab hometown until she meets roving musician Steve Ryan. Sally falls for Steve to whom she's just another fling before he heads to another town. When he leaves, she gets on a bus and follows him to his next stop. On the road she meets Drew Baxter, owner of a gaseteria in the town that's her destination. Drew sets Sally up with a room at a local boardinghouse and a job at his business. Try as he might, Drew can't win Sally's heart from Steve, who has remained indifferent to her since her arrival. When Steve heads off to South America, Sally is even more despondent after she learns that she's pregnant by him. —Daniel Bubbeo <DanNGM@aol.com>
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    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    • Trivia
      Elmer Clifton's final film. NOTE: Ida Lupino took over directing chores after Clifton suffered a serious heart attack and was unable to complete the picture; he died shortly after its release. Several films he had directed before this one were not released until after his death, causing some confusion as to exactly which was his final directorial effort, but it was this film.
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    7/10
    A movie that blow the whistle and berate about the social rejection over the unmarried women
    Ida Lupino after a successful career as actress, settles work behind the cameras, even uncredited as director it was her first film debut as producer and director as well, she was one of the first women that took over a field strictly mastered by men only, she made several thematic movies touching in neuralgic subject as "Outrage" "The Bigamist" and "Not Wanted", if today it's quite usually on the late forties was a taboo, be an unmarried mother in those time was a sentence of death for women and upcoming marriage, this small docudrama portraits this matter sharply, narrating a moving story of grow up girl around eighteen Sally Kelton (Sally Forrest) that caught in love by a restless pianist Steve Ryan (Leo Penn), after a couple months of affair, he disappear to another town, Sally follows him, soon she understood that Steve hasn't any feeling over her, too late, meanwhile she receives a fresh approach of courtship of a fine guy Drew Baxter (Keefe Brasselle), haplessly she already was pregnancy of Steve that no longer stays around, Karen hasn't no money to afford himself on those hard days, the ill-fated girl there no choice and is admitted at those charity hospital allowed for those spurned girl, Karen having a little boy, then came up the defining moment , keep with a child to raise in harsh conditions or release him to adopting process, a movie that blow the whistle and berate about the social rejection over the unmarried women, fine subject lifts by the great Ida Lupino!!

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    • Release date
      • June 24, 1949 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Wrong Rut
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Emerald Productions Inc.
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    • Budget
      • $153,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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