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Guilty Bystander ()


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An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town, stumbles through New York City's sleazy underworld searching for his kidnapped son.

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Max Thursday
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Georgia Thursday
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Smitty
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Capt. Tonetti
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Otto Varkas
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Angel
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Dr. Elder
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Bert
Elliott Sullivan ...
Stitch Olivera (as Elliot Sullivan)
Ray Julian ...
Johnny
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Fred Mace (as Dennis Harrison)
Garney Wilson ...
Harvey
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Johnson
Lou Herbert ...
Detective
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Masher
Scott Landers ...
Shaunessy
Lester Lonergan ...
Morgue Doctor (as Lester Lonergran)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maurice Gosfield ...
Guard on Bridge (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)

Directed by

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Joseph Lerner

Written by

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Whit Masterson ... (novel) (as Wade Miller) &
H. William Miller ... (novel) (as Wade Miller)
 
Don Ettlinger ... (screen play)

Produced by

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Rex Carlton ... producer
Edmund L. Dorfmann ... executive producer
Joseph Lerner ... co-producer

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Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography by

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Gerald Hirschfeld ... director of photography
Russell Harlan ... (uncredited)

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Geraldine Lerner

Production Design by

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Leo Kerz

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Ira Senz ... makeup artist

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Jack Aichele ... unit manager (as J.M. Aichele)

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Jim Di Gangi ... assistant director (as C. James Di Gangi)

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Fred Ballmeyer ... property master
Jack Wright ... construction supervisor

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Reeves Magicorder ... sound
James Shields ... sound director

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Hugo Casolaro ... photographic effects
Milton Gottlieb ... photographic effects

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Arthur Maher ... electric supervisor
George Stoetzel ... camera operator

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Dimitri Tiomkin ... conductor
Jack Andrews ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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John W. Arents ... production associate (as John Arent)
Gene Frankel ... dialogue director
Pete Mayer ... production associate (as Peter A. Mayer)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Not knowing what else to do, Georgia Thursday contacts her ex-husband, alcoholic Max Thursday, after their toddler son Jeff goes missing. Max, a former NYPD detective, is now the house detective of the rundown Brooklyn establishment, the Riverview Hotel, run by his streetwise friend, Smitty, who gave him a job and a room when nobody arguably would. Georgia did not go to the police as her now-missing brother Fred Mace's disreputable associate Dr. Elder threatened her against doing so, in that he probably had something to do with the missing pair. As such, Max goes on a quest for Jeff and, by association, Fred with the only lead they have, namely Dr. Elder, with help from Smitty, who knows, through experience, the grittier side of most urban streets in the United States than most. In the process, Max comes to believe that their disappearance most-likely centers on a criminal with the code name St. Paul, with Jeff solely being an innocent bystander in whatever criminal activity is going on. Beyond following the leads, the question becomes whether Max can hold it all together, namely by staying away from the bottle, long enough to save his family. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Le criminel mystérieux (France)
  • Hotel der Verlorenen (Germany)
  • Même les innocents sont coupables (Belgium, French title)
  • Zelfs de onschuldigen zijn schuldig (Belgium, Flemish title)
  • Виновный свидетель (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 91 min
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Trivia The subway station scene was filmed in the then-closed Court Street IND station. It was taken out service in 1946 and since 1976 is the home of the NYC Transit Museum. See more »
Goofs There are two different wall calendars visible at the hotel, one for May and one for July. Whichever of those months it is supposed to be in the story, it is not consistent with the opening scene when it is dark at 7:00 pm. Sunset in Brooklyn on May 1st isn't until 7:52 pm. It would be even later in July. See more »
Quotes Max Thursday: [title card] People are people- there is strength in the weakest of us. Max Thursday
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