Country: USA
Year: 1958
Duration: 86
Detectives Guthrie and Quine have to find out the origin of a
shipment of heroine that has arrived in San Francisco, and which was
discovered by chance because of a car accident. In the meantime, the
killer Dancer and his accomplice Julian land in an airplane. They have
to locate three shipments of drugs that were brought into the city by
three separate groups of travelers. A sailor has the first shipment. The
second arrived in California with a pair of newly-weds. The third is
hidden inside children's toys.
Biography
film director
Don Siegel
(Chicago, 1912, Nipoma, 1991) graduated from Cambridge, and debuted as a director in 1945 with two short films that won an Oscar. The director of low-budget films, Riot in Cell Block 11 (1945) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) brought him to the attention of European critics and showcased his cynical and pessimistic views. Noir films (The Lineup, 1958), westerns (Two Mules for Sister Sara, 1970) and detective films (Dirty Harry, 1971) were the favorite genres of a directors who is recognized as one of the last great authors of classic cinema.
FILMOGRAFIA
Star in the Night (cm, 1945), Hitler Lives (cm, 1945), The Big Steal (Il tesoro della Sierra Madre, 1949), Riot in Cell Block 11 (Rivolta al blocco 11, 1954), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (L'invasione degli ultracorpi, 1956), Crime in the Streets (Delitto nella strada, 1956), Baby Face Nelson (Faccia d'angelo, 1957), The Lineup (Crimine silenzioso, 1958), Flaming Star (Stella di fuoco, 1960), Madigan (Squadra omicidi, sparate a vista!, 1968), Coogan's Bluff (L'uomo dalla cravatta di cuoio, 1968), Two Mules for Sister Sara (Gli avvoltoi hanno fame, 1970), The Beguiled (La notte brava del soldato Jonathan, 1971), Dirty Harry (Ispettore Callaghan: il caso Scorpio è tuo, 1971), Charley Varrick (Chi ucciderà Charley Varrick?, 1973), The Shootist (Il pistolero, 1976), Telefon (id., 1977), Escape from Alcatraz (Fuga da Alcatraz, 1979).
Cast
& Credits
Regia/Director: Don Siegel
Regia della seconda unit`/Second unit director: Lawrence Butler
Soggetto/Story: Dai personaggi di Lawrence L. Klee per la serie TV
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant
Fotografia/Director of photography: Hal Mohr
Scenografia/Set designer: Ross Bellah
Montaggio/Film editor: Al Clark
Musica/Music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Eli Wallach (Dancer), Robert Keith (Julian), Warner Anderson (Ispettore Guthrie), Richard Jaeckel (Sandy McLain), Mary La Roche (Dorothy Bradshaw), William Leslie (Larry Warner), Emile Meyer (Ispettore Al Quine)
Produttore/Producer: Jaime Del Valle
Produzione/Production: Frank Cooper-Pajemar Production
Regia della seconda unit`/Second unit director: Lawrence Butler
Soggetto/Story: Dai personaggi di Lawrence L. Klee per la serie TV
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant
Fotografia/Director of photography: Hal Mohr
Scenografia/Set designer: Ross Bellah
Montaggio/Film editor: Al Clark
Musica/Music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Eli Wallach (Dancer), Robert Keith (Julian), Warner Anderson (Ispettore Guthrie), Richard Jaeckel (Sandy McLain), Mary La Roche (Dorothy Bradshaw), William Leslie (Larry Warner), Emile Meyer (Ispettore Al Quine)
Produttore/Producer: Jaime Del Valle
Produzione/Production: Frank Cooper-Pajemar Production