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Before Oscar Boetticher, Jr. (Ride Lonesome, The Tall T) helmed the westerns that were his signature, he spent his early years at Columbia learning his trade in small B-pictures, slight little programmers where economy was the rule. Here, he builds suspense through atmosphere and clever camera placement,making this outing more fun than a plot outline might suggest. Throw in the exceptional George Macready as a wrongfully convicted man on death row, pardoned in the nick of time (through the efforts of a whip-smart newsman named Keats, played by Jim Bannon), and you have the makings of an interesting crime drama. Beautiful blonde Janis Carter (Night Editor, Framed) adds class to the proceedings. Newly remastered.
Original Release
11/16/1944
US Release
11/16/1944
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jim Bannon | Joe Keats |
Janis Carter | Alice Hill |
George Macready | Jerome K. Bentley / Harry Wharton |
Jean Stevens | Tex Tuttle |
Joseph Crehan | Willard Apple / Falstaff |
George Anderson | Wharton Attorney / Wharton Attorney (Uncredited) |
Walter Baldwin | Town Sheriff / Town Sheriff (Uncredited) |
Trevor Bardette | Tom Pierson / Tom Pierson (Uncredited) |
Al Bridge | Deputy Sheriff Ben / Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited) |
Nancy Brinckman | Nurse / Nurse (Uncredited) |
Directors
Writers
Charles O'Neal, Leon Abrams, Richard Hill Wilkinson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jim Bannon | Joe Keats |
Janis Carter | Alice Hill |
George Macready | Jerome K. Bentley / Harry Wharton |
Jean Stevens | Tex Tuttle |
Joseph Crehan | Willard Apple / Falstaff |
George Anderson | Wharton Attorney / Wharton Attorney (Uncredited) |
Walter Baldwin | Town Sheriff / Town Sheriff (Uncredited) |
Trevor Bardette | Tom Pierson / Tom Pierson (Uncredited) |
Al Bridge | Deputy Sheriff Ben / Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited) |
Nancy Brinckman | Nurse / Nurse (Uncredited) |
Cliff Clark | Police Inspector Davis / Inspector Davis (Uncredited) |
Edmund Cobb | Police Detective Cahan / Police Detective Cahan (Uncredited) |
Danny Desmond | Newsboy / Newsboy (Uncredited) |
Sam Flint | Judge / Judge (Uncredited) |
Jack Gardner | Reporter at Trial / Reporter at Trial (Uncredited) |
Jesse Graves | Train Porter / Train Porter (Uncredited) |
William Hall | Officer Garrett / Officer Garrett (Uncredited) |
Chuck Hamilton | Bailiff / Bailiff (Uncredited) |
Dell Henderson | Train Conductor / Train Conductor (Uncredited) |
Ernest Hilliard | Doctor / Doctor (Uncredited) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Wallace MacDonald | Producer |