Top billed cast

1. 

   Ray Milland

   Nick Beal

2. 

   Audrey Totter

   Donna Allen

3. 

   Thomas Mitchell

   Joseph Foster

4. 

   George Macready

   Thomas Garfield

5. 

   Fred Clark

   Frankie Faulkner

6. 

   Geraldine Wall

   Martha Foster

7. 

   Henry O'Neill

   Judge Ben Hobbs

8. 

   Darryl Hickman

   Larry Price

9. 

   Nestor Paiva

   Karl

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2015-04-22

Old Nick - Crafty Devil.

Alias Nick Beal (AKA: A few other titles...) is directed by John Farrow and adapted to screenplay by Jonathan Latimer from the Mindret Lord story. It stars Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell and George Macready. Music is by Franz Waxman and cinematography by Lionel Lindon.

It's the Faustian legend filmed through film noir filters as Thomas Mitchell's politician unwittingly makes a deal with Ray Milland's suspicious Nick Beal.

Nicholas Beal - Agent.

It's all fogs, smogs and smoky pubs here, it's 1949 and John Farrow and his team are having a great t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• prostitute
• fog
• politician
• moral conflict
• pact with the devil
• faust
• film noir
• soul selling
• devil
• district attorney
• temptation
• rise to power
• mob boss
• political corruption
• false evidence
• docks
• faustian pact
• fixer
• valiant wife
• political machine
• lost souls
• deal with the devil
• run for governor