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7.0/10 • 153

1955-02-131h 28m

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The Most Startling Story The Screen Has Ever Dared Reveal!

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.

Directors
Joseph H. Lewis
Writters
Philip Yordan
Editors
Philip Yordan, Robert S. Eisen

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  1. Cornel Wilde

    Cornel Wilde

    Leonard Diamond

  2. Jean Wallace

    Jean Wallace

    Susan Lowell

  3. Brian Donlevy

    Brian Donlevy

    Joe McClure

  4. Richard Conte

    Richard Conte

    Mr. Brown

  5. Lee Van Cleef

    Lee Van Cleef

    Fante

  6. Earl Holliman

    Earl Holliman

    Mingo

  7. Robert Middleton

    Robert Middleton

    Police Capt. Peterson

  8. Helen Walker

    Helen Walker

    Alicia Brown

  9. Jay Adler

    Jay Adler

    Detective Sam Hill

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Nov 14, 2022

7/10

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 just ten minutes shorter to tighten it up.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
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