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1 August 1949 (USA) moreTagline:
IN HEADLONG FLIGHT HE PAUSED...TO LIVE A LIFETIME in 36 thrill-packed hours...with this woman! (original poster)Plot:
Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Barney... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Rare Noir Comedy hybrid... more (2 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Glenn Ford | ... | Joe Miracle |
 | Evelyn Keyes | ... | Jenny Jones |
| John Ireland | ... | Henry 'Early' Byrd |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Mrs. Hangale |
| Percy Kilbride | ... | Rickle |
| Clara Blandick | ... | Susan Balmuss |
| Ted de Corsia | ... | Rainey |
| Stanley Clements | ... | Yonzi |
| Roman Bohnen | ... | Barney Teener |
| Harry Shannon | ... | Police Sergeant Garrett |
| Gordon Jones | ... | Muggles |
| Jack Gordon | ... | Fanner |
| Ray Mayer | ... | Victor Christopher |
| Angela Clarke | ... | Clara Christopher |
| Mikel Conrad | ... | Officer Miller |
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Filming Locations:
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The credentials for a superb Noir are all there: Glenn Ford has been one of the most convincing (and still strangely unsung) anti-heroes American cinema has produced. The wonderful opening sequence (in which Ford escapes both the police and the mob) is as minimalistic ally brilliant as the seemingly tight budget would have allowed. Yet after only a short while the film's tone changes radically: sweeter music, romantic comedy and a (however underplayed) Christmas tear-jerker emerge from what promised to be a crisp, economic little masterpiece.
I'm not saying the uneven pacing ruin the film completely but my suspicion is, looking at the credits (no, I don't mean the cast which features a wonderfully noir-ish array of characters: Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Ted de Corsia) there are TWO directors (one made good noirs with Ford, the other made Rat Pack flicks with Sinatra, Davis Jr, Martin et al), TWO directors of photography...
For what it's worth my guess is the producer got cold feet and hired a second director to save (a lame comedy? a routine noir?) a product he wasn't very happy with. He probably made a mistake...