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W.R. Burnett (novel)
W.R. Burnett (screenplay)
Release Date:
1 November 1946 (USA) more
Plot:
Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich young widow, but finds himself falling for her for real... more | add synopsis
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The Genius of W.R. Burnett more (9 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | John Garfield | ... | Nick Blake |
 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... | Gladys Halvorsen |
 | Walter Brennan | ... | Pop Gruber |
| Faye Emerson | ... | Toni Blackburn |
| George Coulouris | ... | Doc Ganson |
| George Tobias | ... | Al Doyle |
| Robert Shayne | ... | Chet King |
| Richard Gaines | ... | Charles Manning |
| Richard Erdman | ... | Bellboy, The Marwood Arms (as Dick Erdman) |
| James Flavin | ... | Shake Thomas |
| Ralph Peters | ... | Windy Mather |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Fred Kelsey | ... | Railroad Conductor (scenes deleted) |
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100 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Humphrey Bogart refused the role of Nick Blake. more
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Nick Blake: People like me don't change. more
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Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) more
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Roses from the South (Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388) more
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Of all the Hollywood writers now associated with classic film noir --among them James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler & Dashell Hammett— the least known and perhaps least appreciated is W.R. Burnett who was responsible for the story and often the screenplay of a number of film crime classics, among them the films Scarface, Little Caesar, High Sierra and Asphalt Jungle. Burnett's dialog is as sharp and tough as the others, and he often displays a finer insight and even greater sympathy for the criminal mind than the others whose stories feature and sometimes romanticize the hard-boiled detective. This excellently directed and photographed film tells the story of a charming con-man, perfectly played by John Garfield, who falls for the widow he is trying to cheat. The petty crooks who people his world played by a superb cast of character actors (George Coulouris, Walter Brennan, George Tobias) are all clearly drawn and don't resemble the usual cliché gang members of other films. Burnett obviously knew this world better than his colleagues.