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| Director: | Charles Bennett | 
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| Writer: | Charles Bennett | 
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| When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a bar to be blamed for the crime. The girl, knowing that neither she nor the piano player committed the murder, helps him to escape from the police dragnet and try to find the real killer. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 31, 1953 | 
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| Director: | Charles Bennett | 
| Writer: | Charles Bennett | 
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime | 
| Keywords | film noir, b movie | 
| Production Companies | Matthugh Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Lew Ayres | John Howard Tracy | 
| Sonny Tufts | Det. Simon Shayne | 
| Marjorie Steele | Pat Peterson | 
| Lewis Martin | Lt. Bruce Gunning | 
| Gertrude Michael | Olga Valerie Lewis | 
| Charles Cane | Wilbur K. Grossett | 
| Renny McEvoy | Turnip | 
| Bobby Watson | Claude Duffy (as Robert Watson) | 
| James Griffith | Peter Hayden | 
| Robert Bailey | Detective Bob | 
| Robert Carson | Dr. Seymour | 
| Leon Burbank | Office boy | 
| Jess Kirkpatrick | Mac (the waiter) | 
| Barbara Morrison | Mrs. Beresford | 
| Carleton Young | Don Holden | 
| Bess Flowers | Department Store Shopper | 
| Joe Bassett | Detective Franks | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Charles Bennett | Writer, Director | 
| Benjamin H. Kline | Director of Photography | 
| Roy V. Livingston | Supervising Film Editor | 
| Howard Shoup | Wardrobe Designer | 
| Maurice Reardon | Technical Advisor | 
| Bert Shefter | Original Music Composer, Conductor | 
| Sidney Smith | Production Manager | 
| Maurice Vaccarino | Assistant Director | 
| Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist | 
| Edith Keon | Hairdresser | 
| Pat Page | Wardrobe Master | 
| Jack Rabin | Visual Effects | 
| David Commons | Visual Effects | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Matt Freed | Producer | 
| Hugh Mackenzie | Producer | 
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