Top billed cast

1. 

   Lee J. Cobb

   Lt. Ed Cullen

2. 

   Jane Wyatt

   Lois Frazer

3. 

   John Dall

   Andy Cullen

4. 

   Lisa Howard

   Janet Cullen

5. 

   Harlan Warde

   Howard Frazer

6. 

   Tito Vuolo

   Pietro Capa

7. 

   Charles Arnt

   Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)

8. 

   Marjorie Bennett

   Muriel Quimby

9. 

   Alan Wells

   Nito Capa

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-27

This is quite a decent little crime noir with Lee J. Cobb as a veteran police officer called in to investigate a murder. Thing is, the murdered man just happens to be the young (soon to be ex) husband of his wealthy lover Jane Wyatt ("Lois"). It isn't long before we start to suspect some sort of cover up, and so does his partner and younger brother John Dall ("Andy"). It's a solid detective mystery with Cobb and Wyatt on good form. Dall always was a bit of an effort to appreciate - his looks did most of his acting for him, and here they don't really shine. The dialogue is quite sharp, the pace...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• san francisco, california
• film noir
• homicide detective