Popularity: 3 (history)
Director: | Cy Endfield |
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Writer: | Cy Endfield, Jo Pagano |
Staring: |
A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal. | |
Release Date: | Dec 12, 1950 |
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Director: | Cy Endfield |
Writer: | Cy Endfield, Jo Pagano |
Genres: | Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller |
Keywords | newspaper, film noir |
Production Companies | Robert Stillman Productions |
Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Frank Lovejoy | Howard Tyler |
Kathleen Ryan | Judy Tyler |
Richard Carlson | Gil Stanton |
Lloyd Bridges | Jerry Slocum |
Katherine Locke | Hazel Weatherwax |
Adele Jergens | Velma |
Art Smith | Hal Clendenning |
Renzo Cesana | Dr. Vido Simone |
Irene Vernon | Helen Stanton |
Cliff Clark | Sheriff Lem Demig |
Harry Shannon | Mr. Yaeger |
Donald Smelick | Tommy Tyler |
Robert Altuna | Boy in Miller Car (uncredited) |
Frank Baker | Man Exiting Optomerist (uncredited) |
Jane Easton | Barbra Colson (uncredited) |
Norman Field | Man on Street (uncredited) |
Lynn Gray | Vi Clendenning (uncredited) |
Bob Jellison | Man Mailing Letters (uncredited) |
Carl Kent | Donald D. Miller (uncredited) |
Mary Lawrence | Kathy (uncredited) |
John Pelletti | Herb Colson (uncredited) |
Joe E. Ross | Nightclub Entertainer (uncredited) |
Name | Job |
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Cy Endfield | Director, Writer |
Hugo Friedhofer | Music |
Jo Pagano | Novel, Writer |
Guy Roe | Director of Photography |
George Amy | Editor |
Perry Ferguson | Art Direction, Production Design |
Jean L. Speak | Sound Designer |
Howard Bristol | Set Decoration |
Louis Phillipi | Makeup Artist |
Louise Miehle | Hairstylist |
Ivan Volkman | Assistant Director |
Harold M. McNiff | Sound Recordist |
Emil Newman | Music Director |
Name | Title |
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Seton I. Miller | Associate Producer |
Robert Stillman | Producer |
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Popularity History
Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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2024 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
2024 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
2024 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
2024 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
2024 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
2024 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
2024 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
2024 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
2024 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
2025 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
2025 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Trending Position
With another baby on the way, the jobless "Tyler" (Frank Lovejoy) is desperate to find work. Repeatedly rejected, he ends up doing some driving for the small-time thief "Slocum" (Lloyd Bridges) and after a few heists, their financial situation improves markedly. His wife "Judy" (Kathleen Ryan) think ... s he's got a nightshift somewhere but boy does she get a shock when it emerges that her husband is now implicated in the brutal murder of the young son of a wealthy man. When his body is found the police apprehend both "Tyler" and "Slocum" and soon, spurned on by the sensationalising journalist "Stanton" (Richard Carlson), an angry mob is outside the police station - and it is baying for blood. For much of this film, it's a standard petty crime goes wrong drama and neither Lovejoy nor Bridges really stand out. It's the last half hour where this film comes into it's own a little more. Carlson is good as the odious newspaper man who cares little about anything but his task to increase circulation and with the increasing tension inside a police station besieged by a determined mob, Cy Endfield manages to create a denouement that shows just how thin the line between lawfulness and lawlessness can be - especially when goaded and galvanised by a sense of righteousness. Oddly enough, the conclusion still resonates quite effectively even now, and for thirty minutes - at least - this is a thought-provoking film to watch.