Country: USA
Year: 1948
Duration: 79


Joe Sullivan, a gangster, has been betrayed by his accomplices and decides to get his revenge once he is out of prison. He manages to escape with the help of his girlfriend Pat, but then he is forced into taking a prisoner, Ann Martin, a young lawyer. Joe risks having to change his plans for revenge because of the presence of the woman, but Ann lets herself be seduced to the point of killing to save Joe's life.

Biography

film director

Anthony Mann

Anthony Mann (San Diego, CA, USA, 1906 - Berlin, Germany, 1967), born Emil Anton Bundmann, began his career, after having been an actor and theater manager, in 1938 as a collaborator of David O. Selznick. After making a low-budget noir and crime director, he became popular in the 1950s with some westerns starring James Stewart. He then dedicated himself to other genres with films The Glenn Miller Story (1954). In the 1960s he worked in Europe, creating blockbusters such as El Cid (id., 1961) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).

FILMOGRAFIA

The Great Flamarion (La fine della signora Wallace, 1945), T-Men (T-Men contro i fuorilegge, 1947), Raw Deal (Schiavo della furia, 1948), He Walked by Night (Egli camminava nella notte, 1948), The Furies (Le furie, 1950), Devil’s Doorway (Il passo del diavolo, 1950), Winchester ‘73 (1950), The Tall Target (Bersaglio eccellente, 1951), Bend of the River (Là dove scende il fiume, 1952), Thunder Bay (La baia del tuono, 1953), The Naked Spur (Lo sperone nudo, 1953), The Far Country (Terra lontana, 1955), The Man from Laramie (L’uomo di Laramie, 1955), The Last Frontier (L’ultima frontiera, 1955), Man of the West (Dove la terra scotta, 1958), God’s Little Acre (Il piccolo campo, 1958), Cimarron (1960), The Heroes of Telemark (Gli eroi di Telemark, 1965), Dandy in Aspic (Sull’orlo della paura, 1968).

Cast

& Credits

Regia/Director: Anthony Mann
Soggetto/Story: Arnold B. Armstrong e Audrey Ashley
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay: Leopold Atlas e John C. Higgins
Fotografia/Director of photography: John Alton
Scenografia/Set designers: Armor Marlowe, Clarence Steensen
Costumi/Costumes: France Ehren
Montaggio/Film editor: Alfred De Gaetano
Musica/Music: Paul Sawtell
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Dennis O'Keefe (Joe Sullivan), Claire Trevor (Pat), Marsha Hunt (Ann Martin), John Ireland (Fantail), Raymond Burr (Rick Coyle), Curt Conway (Spider), Chili Williams (Marcy)
Produttore/Producer: Edward Small
Produzione/Production: Edward Small Production
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