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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Roy Huggins (screenplay)
Roy Huggins (serial)
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Release Date:
13 August 1949 (USA) more
Tagline:
That's just to remind you... you're in a tough racket now!
Plot:
Through a fluke circumstance a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and she is determined to hold onto it even it if means murder. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
DeFore Saves This Story more (38 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Lizabeth Scott ... Jane Palmer
Don DeFore ... Don Blake
Dan Duryea ... Danny Fuller
Arthur Kennedy ... Alan Palmer
Kristine Miller ... Kathy Palmer
Barry Kelley ... Lt. Breach
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jimmy Ames ... Fat Man (uncredited)
Georgia Backus ... Woman (uncredited)
Robert Bice ... Policeman (uncredited)
John Butler ... Little Man Answering Phone (uncredited)

David Clarke ... Jack Sharber (uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd ... Second Car Thief (uncredited)

Renee Donatt ... Young Lover in Boat (uncredited)
Charles Flynn ... Policeman (uncredited)
Billy Halop ... Boat attendant (uncredited)
Richard Irving ... First Car Thief (uncredited)
Perry Ivins ... Checkroom Attendant (uncredited)
Robert Kellard ... Policeman (uncredited)
George Mann ... Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
John Mansfield ... Carlos (uncredited)
Alex Montoya ... Mexican Officer (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen ... Woman (uncredited)
Forbes Murray ... Dr. Adams (uncredited)
Robert Neff ... Driver of Payoff Car (uncredited)
James Nolan ... Det. Parker (uncredited)
Kenny O'Morrison ... Policeman (uncredited)
Garry Owen ... Police Officer at Switchboard (uncredited)
Denver Pyle ... Youth at Union Station (uncredited)
Jack Shea ... Policeman (uncredited)
June Storey ... Fuller's Girl (uncredited)
Carl Thompson ... Young Lover in Boat (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar ... Lt. Rivera (uncredited)
Patricia Wallace ... Woman (uncredited)
William Wayne ... Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Smoki Whitfield ... Pete (uncredited)
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Directed by
Byron Haskin 
 
Writing credits
Roy Huggins (screenplay)

Roy Huggins (serial)

Produced by
Hunt Stromberg .... producer
 
Original Music by
R. Dale Butts  (as Dale Butts)
 
Cinematography by
William C. Mellor (director of photography) (as William Mellor)
 
Film Editing by
Harry Keller 
 
Art Direction by
James W. Sullivan  (as James Sullivan)
 
Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr. 
Charles S. Thompson  (as Charles Thompson)
 
Costume Design by
Adele Palmer (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Peggy Gray .... hair stylist
Bob Mark .... makeup supervisor
Robert Cowan .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Howard Smit .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Lou Rosso .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dick Moder .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Earl Crain Sr. .... sound
Howard Wilson .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Howard Lydecker .... special effects
Theodore Lydecker .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Bishop .... grip (uncredited)
Hap Hodges .... gaffer (uncredited)
Herbert Kirkpatrick .... camera operator (uncredited)
Mickey Marigold .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Morton Scott .... musical director
 
Other crew
Marvin Weldon .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Killer Bait (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
99 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1952) | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #13539) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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Trivia:
Roy Huggins wrote the screenplay, which is based on his "Saturday Evening Post" serial. more
Quotes:
Danny Fuller: If I help you it's the gas chamber.
Jane Palmer: Neither one of us will get the gas chamber. People saw me come onto this boat with my husband and they'll see me get off with him, you're going to put on his hat and coat.
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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
DeFore Saves This Story, 31 August 2006
6/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

This film noir was turning out to be a big disappointment but picked up the pace nicely with some interesting twists when Don DeFore's character "Don Blake" entered the story

Meanwhile, Lizabeth Scott ("Jane Palmer") was convincing as the femme fatale and Dan Duryea ("Danny Fuller") was his normal entertaining character complete with some good, wisecracking lines. However, DeFore is the guy who rally snaps this film out of the doldrums.

This is a story of greed and what it can do to people, particularly if they aren't that moral to begin with!

It's nice to see this out on DVD, although, from what I have read elsewhere, I don't believe a decent print of this movie has been made available.

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