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This iconic film noir crime film directed by Joseph H. Lewis stars Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte and Brian Donlevy, as well as Jean Wallace, who was Wilde's wife at the time. It also included the final screen appearance of actress Helen Walker. Police Lt. Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. He is also dangerously obsessed with Brown's girlfriend, the suicidal Susan Lowell. His main objective as a detective is to uncover what happened to a woman called "Alicia" from the crime boss's past. A traditional tale of a cop’s pursuit of a kingpin as having virtually nothing to do with honoring law and order and everything to do with private vendettas that tumble into reality out of the realms of our submerged desires.
Original Release
02/13/1955
US Release
02/13/1955
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cornel Wilde | Leonard Diamond / Police Lt. Leonard Diamond |
Richard Conte | Mr. Brown |
Brian Donlevy | Joe McClure |
Jean Wallace | Susan Lowell |
Robert Middleton | Police Capt. Peterson |
Lee Van Cleef | Fante |
Earl Holliman | Mingo |
Helen Walker | Alicia Brown |
Jay Adler | Detective Sam Hill |
John Hoyt | Nils Dreyer |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cornel Wilde | Leonard Diamond / Police Lt. Leonard Diamond |
Richard Conte | Mr. Brown |
Brian Donlevy | Joe McClure |
Jean Wallace | Susan Lowell |
Robert Middleton | Police Capt. Peterson |
Lee Van Cleef | Fante |
Earl Holliman | Mingo |
Helen Walker | Alicia Brown |
Jay Adler | Detective Sam Hill |
John Hoyt | Nils Dreyer |
Ted de Corsia | Ralph Bettini |
Helene Stanton | Rita |
Roy Gordon | Audubon |
Whit Bissell | Doctor |
Steve Mitchell | Bennie Smith, Boxer / Bennie Smith |
Baynes Barron | Young Detective |
James McCallion | Frank - Lab technician / Frank |
Tony Michaels | Photo Technician |
Brian O'Hara | Attorney Malloy / Malloy |
Rita Gould | Nurse |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Walter Mirisch | Executive Producer |
Cornel Wilde | Producer |
Sidney Harmon | Producer |