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7.4/10   1,542 votes
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Director:
Writers:
A.I. Bezzerides (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 June 1952 (France) more
Genre:
Tagline:
In One Strange Night she met both LOVE ... and MURDER!
Plot:
Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help investigate... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Minor masterpiece film noir/film blanc more (51 total)

Cast

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Ida Lupino ... Mary Malden

Robert Ryan ... Jim Wilson
Ward Bond ... Walter Brent
Charles Kemper ... Pop Daly
Anthony Ross ... Pete Santos

Ed Begley ... Capt. Brawley
Ian Wolfe ... Sheriff Carrey
Sumner Williams ... Danny Malden
Gus Schilling ... Lucky
Frank Ferguson ... Willows
Cleo Moore ... Myrna Bowers
Olive Carey ... Mrs. Brent
Richard Irving ... Bernie Tucker
Patricia Prest ... Julie Brent (as Pat Prest)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dark Highway (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
82 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:A (1951) (cut) | USA:Approved (certificate #14508) | Finland:K-16
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ida Lupino directed the film for several days when Nicholas Ray fell ill. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Jim Wilson delivers Tucker to the police station and then walks away, shadows of people are cast on him (among them, someone wearing a hat), although in the next shot the street is totally empty. more
Quotes:
Jim Wilson: Why do you make me do it? You know you're gonna talk! I'm gonna make you talk! I always make you punks talk! Why do you do it? Why? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Best of Film Noir (1999) (V) more

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Minor masterpiece film noir/film blanc, 6 October 1999
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Author: wrygrass (wrygrass@hotmail.com) from Washington State

I consider this short, unpretentious film to be a minor masterpiece. The movement from the familiar cityscape of the film noir to the white of the snowy countryside, from the damned, despairing world of the detective to the redeemed world of love offered by the heroine is captured in minimalist dialog and with outstanding cinematography. That one kiss at the end is worth a thousand sex scenes.

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