- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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3 out of 5
This may not be the best film noir of the immediate postwar period, but it's one of the most unusual - how many people get to hunt for their own murderer? Edmond O'Brien responds to that unenviable challenge with grim determination in this slow-burning thriller that perhaps takes a mite too long to catch light. But once the scene is set, director Rudolph Maté takes us on a tortuous journey through the less salubrious parts of Los Angeles. Moodily shot by Ernest Laszlo and with a cracking score by Dimitri Tiomkin, it stands up well to the 1988 Dennis Quaid remake.
Plot Summary
Film noir starring Edmond O'Brien. When Frank Bigelow discovers he has been given a deadly, slow-acting poison, he desperately races around San Francisco trying to hunt down his own killer.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Frank Bigelow
- Edmond O'Brien
- Paula Gibson
- Pamela Britton
- Majak
- Luther Adler
- Miss Foster
- Beverly Garland
- Mrs Philips
- Lynne Baggett
- Halliday
- William Ching
- Stanley Philips
- Henry Hart
- Chester
- Neville Brand
Crew
- Director
- Rudolph Maté
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