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Director:
Nicholas Ray
Writers:
John Monks Jr. (writer)
Willard Motley (novel)
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Release Date:
22 February 1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Plot:
Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Solid melodrama with Bogart more (30 total)

Cast

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Humphrey Bogart ... Andrew Morton
John Derek ... Nick Romano
George Macready ... Dist. Atty. Kerman
Allene Roberts ... Emma
Candy Toxton ... Adele Morton (as Susan Perry)
Mickey Knox ... Vito
Barry Kelley ... Judge Drake
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Colour:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Company:
Santana Pictures Corporation more

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Trivia:
When Humphrey Bogart was told that director Nicholas Ray wanted to film the entire 'sentencing statement for the defense' sequence in a single take, Bogart was concerned because he had never delivered such a long speech without cuts and feared he couldn't do it. Ray calmed Bogart down, suggested several rehearsals, and much to Bogart's surprise, Ray rolled during the rehearsals filming most of what has become the famous and well played sentencing sequence. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the Morton office, after Ed stands up and leaves, the Morton's right hand is on the desk. In the next shot his right hand is high over the desk. more
Quotes:
Dist. Atty. Kerman: Was there a floor show that night at the bar?
Butch: There was a dame - a lady.
Dist. Atty. Kerman: Was the lady a blonde or brunette?
Butch: You think I was looking at her hair?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in True Romance (1993) more

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8 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Solid melodrama with Bogart, 15 October 2002
7/10
Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

Nick Ray's 3rd film (I believe); his first with Bogey. Bogart is a lawyer and although his part is written a bit hokey, he convinces in the part. Mostly told in a conventional flashback like "A Woman's Secret". Good acting, decent photography. George Macready is excellent as well as the scarred, evil, but ultimately vindicated prosecutor. Though it has some melodrama of the forced variety, it manages to convey a sense of the rough edges around the conventional truth. No real heroes here.

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