Directed by:
Roy RowlandScreenplay:
Charles SchneeCinematography:
Paul VogelComposer:
André PrevinCast:
Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Donald Woods, Norman Lloyd, Jerome Cowan, Tom Helmore, Richard Irving (more)VOD (1)
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Van Johnson cracks heads and cases in this hardboiled crime thriller costarring Gloria DeHaven and Arlene Dahl, directed by Roy Rowland (The Girl Hunters) and written by Oscar®-winner* Charles Schnee (They Live by Night). Assigned to investigate the murder of a plainclothes detective outside a bookie joint, homicide lieutenant Mike Conovan (Johnson) must also prove the cop was not on the take after $1,000 is found in his pocket. Following a slim set of clues, Conovan is beaten, shot and double-crossed as he sets out to catch a killer and clear the detective's name. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Van Johnson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Madame Curie (1943)
Arlene Dahl
USA
Best movies:
Three Little Words (1950)
Life with Father (1947)
Reign of Terror (1949)
Gloria DeHaven
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Modern Times (1936)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Tom Drake
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
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Leon Ames
USA
Best movies:
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
John McIntire
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Westward the Women (1951)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Donald Woods
Canada
Best movies:
Anthony Adverse (1936)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
True Grit (1969)
Norman Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
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Spellbound (1945)
Jerome Cowan
USA
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Tom Helmore
UK
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Richard Irving
USA
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Forrest Taylor
USA
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Robert Gist
USA
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Strangers on a Train (1951)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Sally Forrest
USA
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Mystery Street (1950)
Whirlpool (1949)
Bess Flowers
USA
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
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Sam Harris
Australia
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Minerva Urecal
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Charles Wagenheim
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
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Harry Tenbrook
Norway
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
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