Directed by:
Edward L. CahnCinematography:
Kenneth PeachComposer:
Richard LaSalleCast:
James Brown, Merry Anders, Henry Corden, Roy Barcroft, Peggy Stewart, Francis De Sales, Jack Kenney, Jorge MorenoVOD (2)
Plots(1)
After helping to convict a man of murder, Sam Morgan is troubled, and he races through a blinding storm to the prison where the man, Frank Pierce, is scheduled to be executed at midnight. En route, he picks up a young woman named Ellie and gives her a lift to a nearby lodge. As the hour of execution nears, she tells him she is Pierce's wife. At midnight, a man named Martinez rushes into the lodge and confesses to the crime for which Pierce is being executed. The next day, after Martinez has been taken into custody by the police, Sam and Ellie go through the last of Pierce's belongings and find a key to a post office box in New Mexico. Certain the box contains money Pierce had stolen 2 years before, they decide to have the money sent to the lodge and divide it. Then, suddenly, the real Mrs. Pierce arrives at the lodge and announces that Frank Pierce had murdered her father. Meanwhile, the lodge owner, Cady, has also learned about the money, and he makes plans to obtain it for himself. But as he tries to shoot Sam, Mrs. Pierce sees him and he is forced to kill her. Sam and Ellie are about to leave when the money arrives. Cady warns them that if they take it, he will inform the sheriff that Sam killed Mrs. Pierce. Realizing that he must tell the truth, Sam calls the police and has Cady arrested for murder. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
James Brown
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Going My Way (1944)
Miracle on Ice (1981) (TV movie)
Merry Anders
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Tickle Me (1965)
Henry Corden
Canada
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Roy Barcroft
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Band of Angels (1957)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Peggy Stewart
USA
Best movies:
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
The Runaways (2010)
The Way West (1967)
Francis De Sales
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Jack Kenney
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Jorge Moreno
USA
Best movies:
El Norte (1983)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)