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Writers:
Clifford Odets (screenplay)
Cornell Woolrich (novel)
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Release Date:
3 April 1946 (USA) more
Plot:
A sailor on leave appears to have killed a woman. He has until dawn to find the real killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl. full summary | add synopsis
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One of the Best - and Unfortunately Forgotten - of the Film Noir Genre more (11 total)

Cast

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Susan Hayward ... June Goth
Paul Lukas ... Gus Hoffman
Bill Williams ... Alex Winkley
Joseph Calleia ... Val Bartelli
Osa Massen ... Helen Robinson
Lola Lane ... Edna Bartelli
Jerome Cowan ... Lester Brady
Marvin Miller ... Sleepy Parsons
Roman Bohnen ... Frantic Man with Injured Cat
Steven Geray ... Gloved Man (Edward Hornick)
Joe Sawyer ... Babe Dooley
Constance Worth ... Mrs. Nan Raymond
Joseph Crehan ... Lt. Kane
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sammy Blum ... Sam - Taxi Driver (scenes deleted)
Jack Daley ... Snoring Man (scenes deleted)
Myrna Dell ... Hatcheck Girl (scenes deleted)
Mike Donovan ... Sweating Trickster (scenes deleted)
Edmund Glover ... Taxi Driver (scenes deleted)
Dorothy Granger ... Ticket Girl (scenes deleted)
John Ince ... Elderly Sleeper (scenes deleted)
Lee Phelps ... Philosophical Policeman (scenes deleted)
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Runtime:
83 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #10937, General Audience)

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The only film directed by legendary stage director Harold Clurman. more
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June Goth: If you hear a peculiar noise, it's my skin creeping. more
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Version of Bire on vardi (1963) more

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15 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
One of the Best - and Unfortunately Forgotten - of the Film Noir Genre, 11 September 1999
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Author: Kirasjeri from Brooklyn NY

It is a shame that this is an all but forgotten example of Film Noir. Hopefully it will make a comeback. A sailor has apparently killed someone and has until dawn to find the real killer. Bill Williams, sort of a poor man's Lloyd Bridges, is serviceable as the sailor. But stealing the entire film and dominating the plot is a wonderful Susan Hayward, who somehow manages to be beautiful, sexy, and tough as nails as she in effect plays a hard-bitten private detective tracking down the truth. I would have loved to have seen Hayward, as a female, play one of those 1940's private eyes, or try her hand at the Stanwyck role in "Double Indemnity". But she's good enough here. If you spot this movie, SEE it. Hayward makes a good movie even better.

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