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12 December 1951 (USA)
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YOU'LL LEARN WHO PAYS OFF WHO -- AND WHY! (original print ad - all caps) more
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The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon...
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Fall From Height
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Nasty Robert Ryan Elevates This Film Noir
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Mitchum | ... | Captain Thomas McQuigg |
 | Lizabeth Scott | ... | Irene Hayes |
 | Robert Ryan | ... | Nick Scanlon |
| William Talman | ... | Officer Bob Johnson |
| Ray Collins | ... | Dist. Atty. Mortimer X. Welsh |
| Joyce Mackenzie | ... | Mary McQuigg (as Joyce MacKenzie) |
| Robert Hutton | ... | Dave Ames ('City Press' cub reporter) |
| Virginia Huston | ... | Lucy Johnson |
 | William Conrad | ... | Det. Sgt. Turk |
| Walter Sande | ... | Precinct Sgt. Jim Delaney |
| Les Tremayne | ... | Harry Craig (Crime Commission chief investigator) |
| Don Porter | ... | R.G. Connolly (ward boss) |
| Walter Baldwin | ... | Booking Sgt. Sullivan |
| Brett King | ... | Joe Scanlon |
| Richard Karlan | ... | Breeze Enright (round-faced Scanlon henchman) |
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88 min
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Ray Collins and William Talman both co-starred in the TV series Perry Mason.
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Continuity: Nick Scanlon's car is a 1949 Chrysler Crown Imperial limo. In the crash scene, an older 1942 model was used. The '49 side trim has been added, but the different front end reveals the switch.
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Referenced in The Big Steal: Look Behind You (2007) (V)
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A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
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A deep cast of well-known actors highlights this film noir effort. Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott, William Talman, Ray Collins, Don Porter and William Conrad are all familiar names, especially to film noir buffs.
Ryan lifts this from an average classic-era crime film to above-average with a convincingly nasty character. He plays a no-compromise hood who lives by the code of violence. You have a problem? Violence, not brains, is the answer, according to Ryan's character "Nick Scanlon."
The film is fast-moving despite not having a lot of action scenes. All the characters are good, not just Ryan's, and the dialog is excellent in spots. The photography is nothing special, at least not as dramatic as most noirs, but it's a solid crime film, thanks to this cast. I would rate this a bit higher but I didn't care for the ending.