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Jigsaw (1949) -- New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy investigates a series of murders and uncovers an extremist group.

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Director:

Fletcher Markle

Writers:

Fletcher Markle (screenplay) and
Vincent McConnor (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

15 December 1952 (USA) more

Tagline:

CAUGHT in the JIGSAW PUZZLE OF A MURDEROUS RACKET.... TORN between two kinds of LOVE!

Plot:

New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy investigates a series of murders and uncovers an extremist group. full summary | add synopsis

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Cast

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Franchot Tone ... Howard Malloy

Jean Wallace ... Barbara Whitfield
Myron McCormick ... Charles Riggs
Marc Lawrence ... Angelo Agostini
Winifred Lenihan ... Mrs. Hartley
Doe Avedon ... Caroline Riggs (as Betty Harper)
Hedley Rainnie ... Sigmund Kosterich
Walter Vaughan ... District Attorney Walker (as Walter Vaughn)
George Breen ... Knuckles
Robert Gist ... Tommy Quigley
Hester Sondergaard ... Mrs. Borg
Luella Gear ... Pet Shop Owner
Alexander Campbell ... Pemberton
Robert Noe ... Waldron
Alexander Lockwood ... Nichols
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Gun Moll (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)


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Trivia:

Cameo: [Burgess Meredith] more

Quotes:

Pet shop owner: [carrying a striped cat] Perhaps you'd like this little lady. Miss Whitfield.
Barbara Whitfield: [holding a black cat] No. thank you. This is the one. Does he have a name?
Pet shop owner: Yes, it's Bennie - Benvenuto, really.
Barbara Whitfield: Hmmm. I used to have a cat they called Hadrian the Seventh. We ended up calling him Harry.
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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Muddled plot, 20 July 2005
3/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Jigsaw was an independently produced film based out of New York City that would have us believe there was an American Fascist movement operating out of New York. A kind of Ku Klux Klan for the northeast.

With New York City's polyglot population it does not exactly lend itself to being a good base for such organizations either now or back in 1949. The American public knew it and for that reason it did not buy what Jigsaw was trying to sell.

One of the gimmicks was to have a few big names in some small one or two line roles. Henry Fonda, on Broadway at the time with Mister Roberts is a nightclub waiter, Marlene Dietrich was an entertainer, and John Garfield as a local tough. Sort of like The List of Adrian Messenger later on, but without the makeup.

Jigsaw needed all the help it could get. The plot is muddled beyond belief and the premise is preposterous to begin with. Franchot Tone and the rest of the talented cast are sadly wasted here.

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