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Release Date:
12 December 1951 (USA) moreTagline:
YOU'LL LEARN WHO PAYS OFF WHO -- AND WHY! (original print ad - all caps) morePlot:
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Robert Ryan is surly and manic as the Bad Guy more (26 total)US TV Schedule:
| Tue. Nov. 10 | 1:30 PM | TCM |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Mitchum | ... | Captain Thomas McQuigg |
 | Lizabeth Scott | ... | Irene Hayes |
 | Robert Ryan | ... | Nick Scanlon |
| William Talman | ... | Officer Bob Johnson |
| Ray Collins | ... | Dist. Atty. Mortimer X. Welsh |
| Joyce Mackenzie | ... | Mary McQuigg (as Joyce MacKenzie) |
| Robert Hutton | ... | Dave Ames ('City Press' cub reporter) |
| Virginia Huston | ... | Lucy Johnson |
 | William Conrad | ... | Det. Sgt. Turk |
| Walter Sande | ... | Precinct Sgt. Jim Delaney |
| Les Tremayne | ... | Harry Craig (Crime Commission chief investigator) |
| Don Porter | ... | R.G. Connolly (ward boss) |
| Walter Baldwin | ... | Booking Sgt. Sullivan |
| Brett King | ... | Joe Scanlon |
| Richard Karlan | ... | Breeze Enright (round-faced Scanlon henchman) |
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88 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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In May 1950, Samuel Fuller was assigned to work on the film's screenplay and was considered as a possible director. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Nick Scanlon's car is a 1949 Chrysler Crown Imperial limo. In the crash scene, an older 1942 model was used. The '49 side trim has been added, but the different front end reveals the switch. moreSoundtrack:
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening moreFAQ
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Amusing, inexpensive, and predictable, this 50's gangster film's highlights are the snarling confrontations between Ryan and Top Cop Robert Mitchum. Ryan's cruelties are three-dimensional, but Mitchum seems to be thinking about something offscreen when he's not in a face-off with Ryan. Other secondary characterizations are quite vivid, especially by Ray Collins (a few years before "Touch of Evil") as a crooked political candidate, and William Talman, 50's TV stalwart, as the doomed rookie cop.