| Release Date: | May 1947 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Romance / Thriller |
| Runtime: | 93 min |
| Cast: | Henry Fonda (Joe Adams), Barbara Bel Geddes (Jo Ann), Vincent Price (Maximilian the Great), Ann Dvorak (Charlene), Howard Freeman (Sheriff Ned Meade) Moroni Olsen (Chief of Police Bob McManus) Elisha Cook Jr. (Frank Dunlap) Queenie Smith (Mrs. Tully) David Clarke (Bill Pulanski) Charles McGraw (Policeman Stevens) Patty King (Peggy) Davis Roberts (Freddie (as Robert A. Davis)) Fred Aldrich (Ticket Taker (uncredited)) Murray Alper (Mac the Bartender (uncredited)) Ellen Corby (Lady in Crowd (uncredited)) William Edmunds (Man in Crowd (uncredited)) Pat Flaherty (Police Sergeant (uncredited)) Byron Foulger (Man With Bike (uncredited)) Dick Gordon (Man in Crowd (uncredited)) Jack Gordon (Townsman (uncredited)) Mary Gordon (Old Lady in Crowd (uncredited)) Ida Moore (Lady With Birdcage (uncredited)) Jack Overman (Man in Crowd (uncredited)) Garry Owen (Library Lecturer (uncredited)) Richard Reeves (Cop (uncredited)) Dick Rich (First cop at murder scene (uncredited)) Suzanne Ridgeway (Hat Check Girl (uncredited)) Ray Teal (Mr. Hudson (uncredited)) Will Wright (Mr. Tully - the Janitor (uncredited)) |
The credits fade onto a blind man tapping his way down the sidewalk,he enters a dingy boarding house and hears a shot fired in one of the upstairs bedrooms. A door opens from audience POV. A man tumbles out of the door and falls, slides and slithers down two flights of stairs and is dead when he hits the bottom. Then follows nearly 100 minutes of flashback and flashbacks-within-flashbacks about a veteran returing from the war, tired and disillusioned, only to find that he girl he loves has lied to him about her relationship with another man, and that man is sadistic, boastful and tauntful.
