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13/02/1955 Drama, Crime 1h 28m
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Overview

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

  1. Joseph H. Lewis

    Director

  2. Philip Yordan

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Cornel Wilde

    Leonard Diamond

  2. Jean Wallace

    Susan Lowell

  3. Brian Donlevy

    Joe McClure

  4. Richard Conte

    Mr. Brown

  5. Lee Van Cleef

    Fante

  6. Earl Holliman

    Mingo

  7. Robert Middleton

    Police Capt. Peterson

  8. Helen Walker

    Alicia Brown

  9. Jay Adler

    Detective Sam Hill

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-14
Cornel Wilde is quite good as the detective charged with investigating a local crime boss (Richard Conte) who thus far has proved a bit Teflon. After a few years of this relentless pursuit, he has managed to fall for the hoodlum's lady (Susan Wallace) and his captain deduces that he has become too close to remain objective and so the case is to be stopped. That all changes when Conte's thugs accidentally kill the woman (instead of him) and it all becomes truly personal! It's a well directed, pacy and, at times, suspenseful crime drama from the pen of Philip Yordan that could perhaps have been ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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