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Cast
Edmond O'Brien | As: Mal Granger | |
Joanne Dru | As: Gail Mason | |
Otto Kruger | As: Carl Stephans | |
Barry Kelley | As: Vince Walters | |
Dorothy Patrick | As: Trudy Maxwell |
Storyline
The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a whip-smart telephone technician who moves up the ladder of a Syndicate gambling empire in Southern California until distracted by an inconveniently married Joanne Dru and his own greed. Ripped from the headlines of the 1950 Kevaufer Organized Crime Hearings, this fast-moving picture is laden with location sequences shot in Los Angeles, the Hoover Dam and Palm Springs including the famous Doll House watering hole on North Palm Canyon Drive!
Tagline: | Expose of the $8,000,000,000 gambling syndicate and its hoodlum empire! |
Certification: | NR |
Cast
Edmond O'Brien |
Mal Granger |
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Joanne Dru |
Gail Mason |
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Otto Kruger |
Carl Stephans |
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Barry Kelley |
Vince Walters |
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Dorothy Patrick |
Trudy Maxwell |
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Don Porter |
Larry Mason |
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Howard St. John |
Lieutenant Pete Wright |
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Robert Osterloh |
Gizzi |
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Sammy White |
Chippie Evans |
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Fred Aldrich |
Peterson - Carl's Chauffeur (uncredited) |
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Phillip Barnes |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Jay Barney |
Detective Carter (uncredited) |
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Gail Bonney |
Chippie's Date (uncredited) |
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Ralph Brooks |
Bookie (uncredited) |
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Frank Dae |
Pop (uncredited) |
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George DeNormand |
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) |
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Sidney Dubin |
Mendel Weiss (uncredited) |
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Charles Ferguson |
Bookie (uncredited) |
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Bert Freed |
Steve Marshak (uncredited) |
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William Getts |
Hoover Dam Guide (uncredited) |
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Edward Grandpere |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Joe Gray |
Boxer (uncredited) |
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Robert Haines |
Credit Union Clerk (uncredited) |
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Al Hill |
Al - Las Vegas Bookmaker (uncredited) |
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Charles Jordan |
Tim - Bookie (uncredited) |
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Charles La Torre |
Rocco (uncredited) |
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Harry Lauter |
Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited) |
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George Magrill |
Boulder Dam Tourist (uncredited) |
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Hank Mann |
Counterman (uncredited) |
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Earl Merritt |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Carl Milletaire |
Joe Gish (uncredited) |
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Ralph Montgomery |
Sonny - Spotter / Henchman (uncredited) |
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Cleo Moore |
Mal's Date (uncredited) |
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Joey Ray |
Las Vegas Bookmaker (uncredited) |
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Jack Raymond |
Bookie in Montage (uncredited) |
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Walter Sande |
Auto Repair Mechanic (uncredited) |
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Larry Steers |
Man at Racetrack (uncredited) |
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Amzie Strickland |
Dame at Boxing Match (uncredited) |
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Brick Sullivan |
Boulder Dam Tourist (uncredited) |
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Duke Watson |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Jack Weiler |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
Directed By
Joseph M. Newman |
Director |
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Charles L. Smith |
Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Richard English |
Writer |
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Francis Swann |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Frank N. Seltzer |
Producer |
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Orville Fouse |
Production Manager |
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Edited By
Bert Jordan |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Odette Myrtil |
Costume Design |
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Jack Byron |
Makeup Artist |
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Ann Locker |
Hairstylist |
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Greta Isgrigg |
Wardrobe Master |
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Sound
Sol Kaplan |
Original Music Composer |
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James F. Gaither Jr. |
Sound Mixer |
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Emil Newman |
Music Director |
Visual Effects
Camera
Franz Planer |
Director of Photography |
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Eddie Fitzgerald |
Camera Operator |
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Lighting
Art Department
Perry Ferguson |
Art Direction |
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Howard Bristol |
Set Decoration |
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Perry Ferguson |
Production Design |
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Arnold Goode |
Property Master |
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Other Crew
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