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17 October 1950 (USA)
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Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them. full summary | add synopsis
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Not pure film noir.
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Charlton Heston | ... | Danny Haley / Richard Branton |
 | Lizabeth Scott | ... | Fran Garland |
| Viveca Lindfors | ... | Victoria Winant |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Capt. Garvey |
| Don DeFore | ... | Arthur Winant |
 | Jack Webb | ... | Augie |
 | Ed Begley | ... | Barney |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Soldier (as Henry Morgan) |
| Walter Sande | ... | Swede |
| Mark Keuning | ... | Billy Winant |
| Mike Mazurki | ... | Sidney Winant |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Fred Aldrich | ... | Civilian detective (uncredited) |
| John Bishop | ... | Det. Fielding (uncredited) |
| John Breen | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Walter Burke | ... | George, the Bartender (uncredited) |
| Hamilton Camp | ... | Bobby (boy) (uncredited) |
| Jack Carroll | ... | Sol (pianist) (uncredited) |
| Bill Cartledge | ... | Bellhop (uncredited) |
| Jack Chefe | ... | Croupier (uncredited) |
| Sally Corner | ... | Blackjack Player (uncredited) |
| Charles Dayton | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Mike Donovan | ... | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Jimmie Dundee | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
| Bob Evans | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Sam Finn | ... | Bettor (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Motel Manager (uncredited) |
| Greta Granstedt | ... | Margie (uncredited) |
 | Joe Gray | ... | Boxer in Framed Photo (uncredited) |
| Marcoreta Hellman | ... | Craps Player (uncredited) |
| Stan Johnson | ... | Room Clerk (uncredited) |
| Hubie Kerns | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Warren Mace | ... | Bettor (uncredited) |
| George Magrill | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Mike Mahoney | ... | Cashier (uncredited) |
| Joan Morgan | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Jay Morley | ... | Capt. MacDonald (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | ... | Policeman at Raid (uncredited) |
| Ralph Peters | ... | Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) |
| Ben Pollack | ... | Bettor (uncredited) |
| Stanley Prager | ... | Sammy (uncredited) |
| Dewey Robinson | ... | Gambler at Crap Table (uncredited) |
| Franz Roehn | ... | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Kasey Rogers | ... | Stewardess (uncredited) |
| Edward Rose | ... | Shoeshine boy (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | ... | Dealer at Crap Table (uncredited) |
| James R. Scott | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Bill Sheehan | ... | Gambler (uncredited) |
| Charles Sherlock | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Owen Tyree | ... | Desk clerk (uncredited) |
| Otto Waldis | ... | Benowski (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| William Dieterle | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Ketti Frings | adaptation | |
| Larry Marcus | screenplay | |
| Larry Marcus | story "No Escape" | |
| John Meredyth Lucas | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Hal B. Wallis | .... | producer (as Hal Wallis) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Franz Waxman | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Victor Milner | |||
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| Warren Low | |||
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| Franz Bachelin | |||
| Hans Dreier | |||
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| Sam Comer | |||
| Emile Kuri | |||
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| Edith Head | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Hedy Mjorud | .... | hair stylist | |
| Wally Westmore | .... | makeup artist | |
| William Woods | .... | makeup artist (as Bill Wood) | |
Production Management | |||
| Richard Blaydon | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Richard McWhorter | .... | assistant director | |
| Gerd Oswald | .... | second assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Don McKay | .... | sound | |
| Walter Oberst | .... | sound | |
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| Farciot Edouart | .... | process photography | |
| Paul K. Lerpae | .... | special effects assistant camera (uncredited) | |
| Dewey Wrigley | .... | transparencies (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Mal Bulloch | .... | still photographer (as Malcolm Bullock) | |
| Earl Crowell | .... | gaffer | |
| Charles Sickler | .... | grip | |
| Haskell B. Boggs | .... | camera operator (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Franz Waxman | .... | musical director | |
Other crew | |||
| Lupe Hall | .... | script supervisor | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Paramount Pictures (1950) (USA) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1967) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
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98 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Danny Haley:
Playing cards with you two is like washing your feet with your socks on.
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Referenced in Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOU
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This is a strange mixture of three genres:
-the film noir:the dives,the gamblers,and the fact that Scott resembles Lauren Bacall.
-the suspense:the killer with the ring who's doing away with the ones who were responsible for his brother's death:we only see his hand ,and it will remain so till the very last sequence.With hindsight,it would have been better if we had not seen him at all.The mystery would have been more disturbing.What a disappointment if we had seen the truck driver's face in Spielberg's "duel"(1974)!
-the melodrama:the widow and her son gets in the way,as far as film noir is concerned.The way Heston redeems himself is much too predictable.
Of course,Heston is very good and the supporting cast competent.But by trying to juggle three things at once,the movie loses much of its strength and the ending is anti-film noir.