Directed by:
Byron HaskinScreenplay:
Roy HugginsCinematography:
William C. MellorComposer:
R. Dale ButtsCast:
Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, Barry Kelley, Richard Irving, Denver Pyle, Forbes Murray, June Storey, Robert Kellard (more)Plots(1)
Jane Palmer (Scott) and her husband Alan (Arthur Kennedy) mysteriously have $60,000 literally dropped in their laps. The circumstances seem mighty suspicious to Alan, who wants to turn the money over to the police. But in a materialistic rapture, Jane won t let it go. She doesn t care where it came from, or what danger might ensue - not if it will bring her the luxury she craves. Enter shady Danny Fuller (Duryea, as cocky and menacing as ever), who claims the money belongs to him. Let the games begin! Roy Huggins snappy script (adapted from his novel) is a complex, breezy and black-hearted homage to James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler. Rapacious housewife Jane Palmer is one of the juiciest female villains in Hollywood history, and Liz Scott s best role ever. (Arrow Academy)
(more)Cast
Lizabeth Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Loving You (1957)
Dead Reckoning (1947)
Don DeFore
USA
Best movies:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Dan Duryea
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Arthur Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Window (1949)
Kristine Miller
Argentina
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Barry Kelley
USA
Best movies:
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Carrie (1952)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Richard Irving
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Raw Deal (1948)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Denver Pyle
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) (TV movie)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Vertigo (1958)
June Storey
Canada
Best movies:
The Strange Woman (1946)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
In Old Chicago (1937)
Robert Kellard
USA
Best movies:
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Gilda (1946)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Alex Montoya
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
David Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Adam's Rib (1949)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Robert Bice
USA
Best movies:
One Man Mutiny (1955)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Billy Halop
USA
Best movies:
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dead End (1937)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Kenny O'Morrison
Best movies:
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
The Set-Up (1949)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Garry Owen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Perry Ivins
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Jack Shea
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Detective Story (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
James Nolan
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Airport (1970)