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Director:
Writers:
Theodore Reeves (play)
Robert Smith (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
16 January 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Ruthless! because once he trusted a dame! more
Plot:
Frankie Madison leaves prison expecting a share from his ex-partner. But Prohibition bootlegging didn't prepare Frankie for Big Business. full summary | add synopsis
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Clever Screenplay for Three Stars more (10 total)

Cast

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Burt Lancaster ... Frankie Madison
Lizabeth Scott ... Kay Lawrence

Kirk Douglas ... Noll 'Dink' Turner
Wendell Corey ... Dave
Kristine Miller ... Mrs. Alexis Richardson
George Rigaud ... Maurice
Marc Lawrence ... Nick Palestro
Mike Mazurki ... Dan (the doorman)
Mickey Knox ... Skinner
Roger Neury ... Felix Walter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First of seven films that Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster made together. more
Quotes:
Nick Palestro: For a buck, you'd double-cross your own mother.
Skinner: Why not? She'd do the same to me.
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Soundtrack:
DON'T CALL IT LOVE more

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Clever Screenplay for Three Stars, 5 February 2007
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Author: prometheeus from Concord, California United States

I just saw this film two nights ago at the San Francisco Film Noir Festival. This was a beautiful movie filled with subtle shades of noir. The underrated Lizbeth Scott has the best performance in this rarely seen drama. There's great snappy dialog. Kirk Douglas is the perfect villain of this clever movie. It is so easy to see his son Michael's face on him. Burt was fun to watch as usual in giving his best to this intriguing screenplay. What was interesting to see unfold (in this almost 60 year old film) was how challenging the crime corporations are in pinpointing the vastness of what exactly they own. How they get around the skimming of the profits. As well as stating that they only "get" a minimal amount of the percentages ~ by the books. There was a lot of thought that went into this film and the three stars gave it their best. Pure quality.

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