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Impact (1949) -- In San Francisco, the successful self-made businessman Walter Williams has just bought three factories in Denver with the approval of the board of directors...
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Overview

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Director:
Arthur Lubin
Writers:
Jay Dratler (story)
Dorothy Davenport (writer) ...
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Release Date:
26 September 1949 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery more
Tagline:
Wanted by two women! One for Love! One for Murder!
Plot:
In San Francisco, the successful self-made businessman Walter Williams has just bought three factories... more | full synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Brian Donlevy ... Walter Williams

Ella Raines ... Marsha Peters
Charles Coburn ... Lt. Quincy
Helen Walker ... Irene Williams
Anna May Wong ... Su Lin
Robert Warwick ... Capt. Callahan
Clarence Kolb ... Darcy
Art Baker ... Defense Attorney
William Wright ... Prosecutor

Mae Marsh ... Mrs. King
Sheilah Graham ... Herself
Tony Barrett ... Jim Torrence
Philip Ahn ... Ah Sing
Glen Vernon ... Ed (as Glenn Vernon)
Linda Leighton ... Telephone Operator
Jason Robards Sr. ... Judge (as Jason Robards)
Erskine Sanford ... Dr. Bender
Ruth Robinson ... Apt. Manager
Lucius Cooke ... Burke
Tom Greenway ... Moving Van Driver
Ben Welden ... Moving Van Helper
Hans Herbert ... Station Master
Joel Friedkin ... Uncle Ben
Joe Kirk ... Hotel Clerk
William Ruhl ... Fingerprint Expert (as Bill Ruhl)
Mary Landa ... Della
Harry Cheshire ... Irene's Attorney
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin Cichy ... Passport Clerk (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ... Court clerk (uncredited)

Arthur Hecht ... (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry ... Walter's Business Assistant (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes ... Board Member (uncredited)
Bob Perry ... Wisecracking Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Hil Probert ... Himself (gas station customer) (uncredited)
Carl Sklover ... Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Directed by
Arthur Lubin 
 
Writing credits
Jay Dratler (story)

Dorothy Davenport (writer) (as Dorothy Reid) and
Jay Dratler (writer)

Produced by
Joseph H. Nadel .... associate producer
Harry M. Popkin .... executive producer
Leo C. Popkin .... producer
 
Original Music by
Michel Michelet 
 
Cinematography by
Ernest Laszlo (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Arthur H. Nadel 
 
Art Direction by
Rudi Feld 
 
Set Decoration by
Jacques Mapes  (as Jacque Mapes)
 
Costume Design by
Maria P. Donovan  (as Maria Donovan)
 
Makeup Department
Lee Greenway .... makeup artist
Helen Lierly .... hair stylist (uncredited)
Lillian Shore .... hair stylist (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maurie M. Suess .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Mac Dalgleish .... sound recordist (as W.M. Dalgleish)
Hugh McDowell Jr. .... sound recordist (as Hugh McDowell)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Henry Schuster .... gaffer (uncredited)
Frank Tanner .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Herschel Burke Gilbert .... orchestrator (as Herschel Gilbert)
Michel Perriere .... conductor
Samuel Hoffman .... musician: theremin (uncredited)
 
Other crew
George T. Clemens .... choreographer (uncredited)
Cora Parmentier .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
111 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated | USA:Approved
Filming Locations:
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA more
Company:
Cardinal Pictures (II) more

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Trivia:
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Marsha's mother, is identified in dialogue by the name Mrs. King. Yet in the closing credits, she is identified as Mrs. Peters. more
Quotes:
Narrator: [First lines] Impact, the force with which two lives come together. Sometimes for good, sometimes for evil. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Avain (2006) more
Soundtrack:
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8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Great unknown classic, 15 October 2002
8/10
Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

Donlevy is a cuckolded husband whose wife and lover plan to kill him. Things go wrong and it is the wife's lover who dies in a fiery wreck, allowing Donlevy to assume a new identity as the mechanic for a garage owner who looks like a supermodel. After recovering from his temporary amnesia, he plans to watch his wife "get what she deserves" by waiting to come out until after she's in jail for murder (whose? I can't remember! But it all makes sense in the movie, believe me, it's just very twisted!). When he finally does come out, all big heart, she accuses HIM of her lover's murder! Good suspense, character acting, photography, with a lively pace. It's hard to figure out how talking animal movie specialist Lubin managed to pull this one off so well, but it will send me looking for other movies along this same vein by the director.

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