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The Raging Tide

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5.2/10 • 18

1951-11-011h 33m

CrimeDramaThriller

Not even the fury of the lashing sea ... could match the raging passions that bound them !

A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.

Directors
George Sherman
Editors
Ted J. Kent

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  1. Shelley Winters

    Shelley Winters

    Connie Thatcher

  2. Richard Conte

    Richard Conte

    Bruno Felkin

  3. Stephen McNally

    Stephen McNally

    Lt. Kelsey

  4. Charles Bickford

    Charles Bickford

    Hamil Linder

  5. Alex Nicol

    Alex Nicol

    Carl Linder

  6. John McIntire

    John McIntire

    Corky Mullins

  7. Tito Vuolo

    Tito Vuolo

    Barney Schriona

  8. Chubby Johnson

    Chubby Johnson

    'General' Ball

  9. Minerva Urecal

    Minerva Urecal

    Johnnie Mae Swanson

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John Chard

Jul 27, 2014

5/10

Choppy Waters. The Raging Tide is directed by George Sherman and adapted to screenplay by Ernest K. Gann from his own novel Fiddler’s Green. It stars Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford, John McIntire and Alex Nicol. Music is by Frank Skinner and cinematography by Russell Metty. Hoodlum Bruno Felkin (Conte) hides out on the Linder family fishing boat to avoid the cops. They affect his life as much as he affects theirs… It’s got a stellar noir cast and quality in the music and photography departments, but there’s nothing raging about this soggy piece of drama. Conte is watchable as a thug, no surprise there, but the screenplay does him and everyone else few favours. Only one to come out on top of the writing is Winters, who revels in cutting remarks delivered via a serpent tongue. Bickford is trying to be Swedish, giving Sterling Hayden in Terror in a Texas Town a run for his money for worst Swede accent ever. While McIntire and McNally earn their wages. Little to recommend outside of the cast list here I’m sad to say. 5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
san francisco, californiafishermancrime bossfilm noirfishing boat