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Academy Award® winner Edmond O’Brien (Best Supporting Actor, The Barefoot Contessa, 1954) stars in this top-flight film noir, based on actual events. He plays a telephone repairman who uses his knowledge to help his bookie expand his business to increased profits and rises to the top. But when syndicate head Otto Kruger (Saboteur) wants to take over, things start to get dicey — and O’Brien’s in too deep to call the cops. With gritty photography by Frank F. Planer (Champion), direction by Joseph M. Newman (This Island Earth), and a white-knuckle climax atop Boulder Dam, this is one of the finest crime thrillers of its era. The excellent cast also includes Joanne Dru (Red River) and such veteran tough guys as Barry Kelly, Donald Porter, Howard St. John and Robert Osterloh, plus a brief appearance by Cleo Moore (Over-Exposed). Newly remastered.
Original Release
07/04/1950
US Release
07/04/1950
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Edmond O'Brien | Mal Granger |
Joanne Dru | Gail Mason |
Otto Kruger | Carl Stephans |
Barry Kelley | Vince Walters |
Dorothy Patrick | Trudy Maxwell |
Don Porter | Larry Mason |
Howard St. John | Lt. Pete Wright / Lieutenant Pete Wright |
Robert Osterloh | Gizzi |
Sammy White | Chippie Evans |
Fred Aldrich | Peterson - Carl's Chauffeur |
Directors
Writers
Richard English, Francis Swann
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edmond O'Brien | Mal Granger |
Joanne Dru | Gail Mason |
Otto Kruger | Carl Stephans |
Barry Kelley | Vince Walters |
Dorothy Patrick | Trudy Maxwell |
Don Porter | Larry Mason |
Howard St. John | Lt. Pete Wright / Lieutenant Pete Wright |
Robert Osterloh | Gizzi |
Sammy White | Chippie Evans |
Fred Aldrich | Peterson - Carl's Chauffeur |
Phillip Barnes | Undetermined Secondary Role |
Jay Barney | Detective Carter |
Gail Bonney | Chippie's Date |
Ralph Brooks | Bookie |
Frank Dae | Pop |
George DeNormand | Deputy Sheriff |
Sidney Dubin | Mendel Weiss |
Charles Ferguson | Bookie |
Bert Freed | Steve Marshak |
William Getts | Hoover Dam Guide |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank N. Seltzer | Producer |