Top billed cast

1. 

   Dana Andrews

   Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon

2. 

   Gene Tierney

   Morgan Taylor

3. 

   Bert Freed

   Det. Sgt. Paul Klein

4. 

   Gary Merrill

   Tommy Scalise

5. 

   Karl Malden

   Det. Lt. Thomas

6. 

   Tom Tully

   Jiggs Taylor

7. 

   Ruth Donnelly

   Martha

8. 

   Craig Stevens

   Ken Paine

9. 

   Fred Aldrich

   Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-02-25

Your job is to detect criminals, not to punish them.

American city film noir directed by Otto Preminger with the screenplay written by Ben Hecht. The adaptation is from the novel "Night Cry" written by William L. Stuart and Joseph LaShelle provides the cinematography for the New York City shoot. It stars Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Tom Tully & Karl Malden, with support coming from Ruth Donnelly, Craig Stevens & Neville Brand.

Tough New York cop Mark Dixon (Andrews) is constantly in trouble with his superiors for his heavy-handed treatment of suspects. When disa...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• new york city
• taxi
• taxi driver
• man woman relationship
• cover-up
• film noir
• bad cop
• framed
• police detective
• policeman
• murder investigation
• illegal gambling
• racketeer
• wrongly accused
• fashion model