Drama / Film-Noir
USA,
1951, 111 min
Directed by:
Billy WilderCinematography:
Charles LangComposer:
Hugo FriedhoferCast:
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Gene Evans, Timothy Carey, Iron Eyes Cody, Ray Teal, Frank Cady, Harry Harvey, Richard Gaines (more)VOD (1)
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In one of the most powerhouse performances in American screen-acting, the great Kirk Douglas stars as Chuck Tatum, a newspaper reporter who stumbles upon a potentially career-making story in Albuquerque, New Mexico (nearly sixty years later, the setting for Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad). When Tatum begins to influence the story's outcome, a descent beings that finds more than one man caught between a rock and a hard place. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1952 - Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman (Best Original Screenplay)
Venice Film Festival
- 1951 - Hugo Friedhofer (Golden Osella - Best Original Music)
- 1951 - Billy Wilder (Golden Lion for Best Film)