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12 December 1951 (USA)
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YOU'LL LEARN WHO PAYS OFF WHO -- AND WHY! (original print ad - all caps) more
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The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon...
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Police
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Corruption
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Election
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Singer
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Fall From Height
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Racket-No Foul Ball Here ***
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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 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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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.
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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.
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Soundtrack:
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
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Entertaining film with politics, crime and corruption the main themes here.
Robert Mitchum plays a dedicated, righteous policeman who heads a unit of officers. He is as honest as 24 hours in a day. He takes pride in such officers as Bill Talman, a young cop gunned down in police headquarters by the usually evil Robert Ryan. Without the insanity of his earlier crime driven roles, Ryan comes across as the embodiment of evil.
Ray Collins steals the show as a worm of a prosecuting attorney up to his neck in corruption. It is interesting to note that both Collins and Talman went on to TV careers in "Perry Mason."
Lizabeth Scott, as a lounge singer, caught up in the mayhem, tries hard to please but she does not evoke the emotion needed for her role.
To say that the ending is justified is more than right.