Top billed cast

1. 

   Viveca Lindfors

   Lysa Radoff

2. 

   Dane Clark

   Ben Arno

3. 

   Virginia Mayo

   Nurse Julie Benson

4. 

   Edmond O'Brien

   Steve Connolly

5. 

   Gordon MacRae

   Bob Corey

6. 

   Ed Begley

   Capt. Garcia

7. 

   Frances Robinson

   Mrs. Blayne

8. 

   Richard Rober

   Solly Blayne

9. 

   Sheila MacRae

   Bonnie Willis

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-02-16

I didn't only break his back the last ten days, I broke his heart.

Backfire is directed by Vincent Sherman and collectively written by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts and Larry Marcus. It stars Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Edmond O'Brien, Dane Clark, Ed Begley and Viveca Lindfors. Music is by Daniele Amfitheatrof and cinematography by Carl Guthrie.

While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey (Macrae) is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with a message that his army friend Steve Connolly (O'Brien) is seriously injured and in trouble with the polic...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• war veteran
• boxer
• film noir
• military hospital