Directed by:
John H. AuerScreenplay:
Steve FisherCinematography:
John L. RussellComposer:
R. Dale ButtsCast:
Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Marie Windsor, Nancy Gates, Keye Luke, Jesse White, Philip Ahn, Leonard Strong, Tiger Joe MarshVOD (1)
Plots(1)
A woman who believes her missing husband is in prison in Hawaii on a murder charge travels there to see if it actually is him. However, he escapes before she sees him, when he hears that his current girlfriend has been murdered. The wife searches the slum area of Honolulu known as Hell's Half Acre for him, he searches for his girlfriend's killer, and his gangland associates are looking for the two of them. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Wendell Corey
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
The Search (1948)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Evelyn Keyes
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Elsa Lanchester
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Murder by Death (1976)
Marie Windsor
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Hucksters (1947)
Bedtime Story (1964)
Nancy Gates
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Nevada (1944)
Suddenly (1954)
Keye Luke
China
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Jesse White
USA
Best movies:
Harvey (1950)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Philip Ahn
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Leonard Strong
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
The King and I (1956)
Tiger Joe Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Pressure Point (1962)
On the Waterfront (1954)