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Writers:
Howard Dimsdale (screenplay) and
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
12 June 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir more
Tagline:
Meet That Guild Gal...She gives as Good as She Gets! more
Plot:
George Taylor returns from the WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million. | full synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
John Hodiak ... George W. Taylor
Nancy Guild ... Christy Smith
Lloyd Nolan ... Police Lt. Donald Kendall
Richard Conte ... Mel Phillips
Josephine Hutchinson ... Elizabeth Conroy
Fritz Kortner ... Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
Margo Woode ... Phyllis
Sheldon Leonard ... Sam
Lou Nova ... Hubert
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred Aldrich ... Police detective (uncredited)
Charles Arnt ... Little Man with the Glasses (uncredited)
Richard Benedict ... Marine Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Whit Bissell ... John (bartender) (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper ... Tom (male nurse at sanitarium) (uncredited)
Jeff Corey ... Bank teller (uncredited)
Mary Currier ... Miss Jones - Nurse at sanitarium (uncredited)
Jack Davis ... Dr. Grant (uncredited)
Henri DeSoto ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Sam Flint ... Bank guard (uncredited)
Maynard Holmes ... Police stenographer (uncredited)
John Ireland ... Voice (voice) (uncredited)
John Kellogg ... Hospital Medical Attendant (uncredited)
Edward Kelly ... Thug (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee ... Herman (tailor) (uncredited)
Elaine Langan ... Hat check girl (uncredited)
Charles Marsh ... Hotel clerk (uncredited)
Louis Mason ... Brother William (uncredited)
Frank Meredith ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Morgan ... Bath attendant (uncredited)
Forbes Murray ... Bank executive (uncredited)
Paula Reid ... Nurse (uncredited)
Polly Rose ... Nurse (uncredited)
John Russell ... Marine Captain (uncredited)
Cy Schindell ... Thug (uncredited)
Al Sparlis ... Anzelmo henchman (uncredited)
Bert Stevens ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Houseley Stevenson ... Michael Conroy (uncredited)
Harry Tyler ... Baggage man (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt ... Navy Doctor (uncredited)
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Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
 
Writing credits
Howard Dimsdale (screenplay) and
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay)

Lee Strasberg (adaptation)

Marvin Borowsky (story)

W. Somerset Maugham  adaptation (uncredited)

Produced by
Anderson Lawler .... producer
Darryl F. Zanuck .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
David Buttolph 
 
Cinematography by
Norbert Brodine 
 
Art Direction by
James Basevi 
Maurice Ransford 
 
Set Decoration by
Thomas Little 
 
Costume Design by
Kay Nelson 
 
Makeup Department
Ben Nye .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
F.E. 'Johnny' Johnston .... assistant director (uncredited)
Charles L. Smith .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Ernest Lansing .... associate set decorator
 
Sound Department
Eugene Grossman .... sound
Harry M. Leonard .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Fred Sersen .... special photographic effects
 
Editorial Department
James B. Clark .... editorial supervisor
 
Music Department
Arthur Morton .... music arranger: orchestral arrangements
Emil Newman .... musical director
 
Other crew
Lee Strasberg .... dialogue director (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) | USA:Approved (certificate #11434) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When George Taylor (John Hodiak) signs the guest register at the Martin Hotel, the name directly above it is Howard Koch. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Remington Steele: Cast in Steele (#3.9)" (1984) more
Soundtrack:
In the Middle of Nowhere more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Mankiewicz directs a night-time noir, 19 April 2000
Author: vanwall from San Diego

Mankiewicz does it again. With a small cast of generally B actors, he makes a nifty film-noir. John Hodiak has his best role, IMHO, and the mostly night-time settings have a great look. Strange to see Fritz Kortner, from the Louise Brooks "Pandora's Box", as a slimy fortune-teller.

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