Detectives try to solve the case of a murdered Los Angeles defense attorney.Detectives try to solve the case of a murdered Los Angeles defense attorney.Detectives try to solve the case of a murdered Los Angeles defense attorney.
Larry J. Blake
- Det. Lt. Jerry McMullen
- (as Larry Blake)
Wong Artarne
- Chinese Waiter
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Fire Warden at Car Wreck
- (uncredited)
John Canady
- X-Ray Technician
- (uncredited)
Michael Chapin
- Mike
- (uncredited)
Angela Clarke
- Mrs. O'Neill
- (uncredited)
Eddie Coke
- Williams
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe seductive Italian dialogue Sgt. Carey uses to sweet talk the blonde secretary at approximately the 35 minute mark roughly translates to "I think it would be great to make a nice dish of pasta and meatballs"
- GoofsAs O'Neil waits in another room to murder Red, one of the detectives climbs in through a window right behind O'Neil without making a sound, surprising O'Neil. But as the detective does this only a foot or so from O'Neil, O'Neil would have had to have been hard of hearing if not deaf to have not heard someone climbing in a window right behind him. Unless, of course, that was what was in the script.
- Quotes
John Morland: Murder, my friend, is like a game of solitaire. To be sure of winning it, it should be played alone.
- Crazy creditsThe version airing on the Fox Movie Channel has credits in a modern, video-generated font, suggesting that the original main and end titles are lost and were quickly and cheaply re-created.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsSpoofed in Hare Do (1949)
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I agree with everyone about that scene with Leonard Strong as the bum or hobo, a sort of philosophizing, theatrical proto-beatnik. Ad-libbing perhaps? And well shot. It's the only reason I came here to rate this. The rest was largely throwaway by comparison. I've watched the film noir titles from the '40s, and that part is worth watching, but perhaps it is improved by the comparative dullness of the other scenes.
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- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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