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Director:
Joseph M. Newman
Writer:
Paul Monash (writer)
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Release Date:
15 December 1961 (Finland) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
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User Comments:
A very rare and interesting gem more (1 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Vera Miles ... Angela Walsh
Robert Douglas ... Allen Bardeman

Jack Warden ... Police captain

Arch Johnson ... Chief Inspector Gus Honichek
Ken Lynch ... Ed Rackin
Jay Adler ... Ed, Reporter
David White ... Police Commissioner Dean
James Seay ... The Mayor
Robert H. Harris ... Joe Selkin
John Zaremba ... John, Police Desk Sergeant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Bailey ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Noreen Corcoran ... Evelyn Gower (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey ... Bit Policeman (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Detective / Driver (uncredited)
Mary Lawrence ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Eddie Marr ... Bit Reporter (uncredited)

William Smith ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Bert Stevens ... Extra at Bus Station (uncredited)
Marianne Stewart ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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Directed by
Joseph M. Newman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Paul Monash  writer

Produced by
Jaime Del Valle .... producer
 
Original Music by
Johnny Mandel 
 
Cinematography by
Nicholas Musuraca  (as Nick Musuraca)
 
Film Editing by
Ben Lewis 
 

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Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16
Company:
MGM Television more

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Trivia:
Edited from two episodes of the television series "The Asphalt Jungle" (1961), which ran on ABC from 2 April 1961 to 24 September 1961. more

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A very rare and interesting gem, 24 August 2008
Author: GUENOT PHILIPPE (philippe.guenot@dbmail.com) from France

What a pleasure for me to find this film noir. A very rare one. I did not even know it existed. And directed by Joseph Newman. It reminds me his Human Jungle, shot several years earlier. The picture about gangsters and corrupted politicians in a big city, and the struggle between them and a bunch of hardboiled and honest, untouchable, police officers.

This story, written by the great WR Burnett, the author of "Asphalt Jungle", is interesting because it focuses as much on the "bad" ones as on the "good" ones. It shows how the system goes, in the underworld. The shooting looks like TV production from this era, for instance camera zooms. But it's OK.It suits well to this story.

Vera Miles and Jack Warden add much to this - I repeat - very rare and interesting film noir. An unknown one from director Joseph Newman.

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