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March 1951 (USA)
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In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | David Wayne | ... | Martin W. Harrow |
| Howard Da Silva | ... | Inspector Carney |
 | Martin Gabel | ... | Charlie Marshall, crime boss |
| Luther Adler | ... | Dan Langley |
| Steve Brodie | ... | Lt. Becker |
| Raymond Burr | ... | Pottsy |
| Glenn Anders | ... | Riggert |
| Norman Lloyd | ... | Sutro |
| Walter Burke | ... | MacMahan |
| John Miljan | ... | Blind Baloon Vendor |
| Roy Engel | ... | Police Chief Regan |
| Janine Perreau | ... | The Last Little Girl |
| Leonard Bremen | ... | Lemke, thug left behind in Bradbury Bldg. (as Lennie Bremen) |
| Benny Burt | ... | Jansen, drunk thug outside Bradbury Bldg. |
| Bernard Szold | ... | Bradbury Bldg. Watchman |
| Robin Fletcher | ... | Elsie Coster |
| Karen Morley | ... | Mrs. Coster |
| Jim Backus | ... | The Mayor |
| Jorja Curtright | ... | Mrs. Stewart |
| Frances Karath | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Fred Aldrich | ... | Sam (uncredited) |
| Madge Blake | ... | Police Station Witness (uncredited) |
| Ewing Miles Brown | ... | (uncredited) |
| Lonnie Burr | ... | Child Victim (uncredited) |
| Virginia Farmer | ... | Harrow's Landlady (uncredited) |
 | Alvin Hammer | ... | Father (uncredited) |
| John Indrisano | ... | (uncredited) |
| Sherry Jackson | ... | Little Girl (uncredited) |
| Tiny Jones | ... | Woman in Mob (uncredited) |
| Tom Kennedy | ... | Hood (uncredited) |
 | Norman Leavitt | ... | Harry Greer, a bistro patron (uncredited) |
| Hank Mann | ... | Man in Mob (uncredited) |
| William Newell | ... | Detective Questioning Blonde About License Plate (uncredited) |
| Frank O'Connor | ... | Man in Mob (uncredited) |
| Stanley Prager | ... | Police Detective (uncredited) |
| Jack Roper | ... | Man in Mob (uncredited) |
| William Schallert | ... | Rorschach Test Subject (uncredited) |
| Brick Sullivan | ... | Cop (uncredited) |
| Peter Virgo | ... | Harry Dennis, Jaywalker (uncredited) |
| Ray Walker | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
| Dick Wessel | ... | Policeman Ticketing Jaywalker (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | ... | Onlooker (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Joseph Losey | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Leo Katcher | scenario revisions | |
| Fritz Lang | scenario (uncredited) | |
| Norman Reilly Raine | scenario revisions | |
| Waldo Salt | additional dialogue | |
| Thea von Harbou | scenario (uncredited) | |
Produced by | |||
| Harold Nebenzal | .... | associate producer | |
| Seymour Nebenzal | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michel Michelet | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Ernest Laszlo | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Edward Mann | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Martin Obzina | |||
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| Edward R. Robinson | (as Ray Robinson) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Ted Larsen | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Ben Hersh | .... | production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Robert Aldrich | .... | assistant director | |
| Jack R. Berne | .... | second second assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Leon Becker | .... | sound | |
| Mac Dalgleish | .... | sound re-recordist | |
Music Department | |||
| Bert Shefter | .... | musical director | |
Other crew | |||
| John Hubley | .... | production layout | |
| Robert H. Justman | .... | production assistant | |
| Don Weis | .... | script supervisor | |
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- Columbia Pictures (1951) (USA) (theatrical)
- Darker Images Video (2005) (USA) (VHS)
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Germany:86 min (Berlin Film Festival) | USA:88 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Finland:(Banned) (1951) |
Sweden:15
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Referenced in Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004)
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I just saw it at the Film Forum in Manhattan, and the notion that your review of "abysmal" could be the topline comment for this movie is really a shame. Far from having a terrible reputation, this unknown classic is just now being rediscovered. And your description of the conflict between the cops and the mobsters as being like "Ed Wood" says more about you personally than it does about the movie. And to everyone else: this is a lost classic, unfairly dismissed in its day because it was a low-budget remake. The vintage L.A. locations alone make this movie well worth seeing, almost like a documentary of a past that is mostly gone.
And Raegan, I love how you so consistently make statements and then retreat from them, claiming that it's interesting, yet a failure, dated, yet not without merit. Pick a side buddy. I also love how you say that the movie is set in San Francisco (you too, repticicus!). Uh, it's set in L.A., buddies. They're two different cities, and they're about 6 hours away from each other on the 5.