Directed by:
Joseph M. NewmanScreenplay:
Frank GruberCinematography:
Carl E. GuthrieComposer:
Gerald FriedCast:
David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, Brad Dexter, Robert Strauss, William Demarest, Carleton Young, Robert H. Harris, Will Wright (more)Plots(1)
Sounding something like a standard '40s police story, this talkative but interesting murder mystery stars David Janssen of TV's THE FUGITIVE series. Janssen plays Tom Alder, a gumshoe looking into the murder of the secretary of a shady Hollywood film star when he discovers that the murder is linked to the disappearance of an heiress. The heiress had a run-in with a sexually warped individual who later became a certain film star. Now Alder's problem is to investigate the link further -- even after he discovers that he himself has a connection to the story through someone he met in Tokyo during the Korean War. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
David Janssen
USA
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Jeanne Crain
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Dina Merrill
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Agnes Moorehead
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Brad Dexter
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Robert Strauss
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William Demarest
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Carleton Young
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Robert H. Harris
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Will Wright
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William H. O'Brien
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Mort Mills
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Jeffrey Sayre
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Jacques Aubuchon
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Paul Bradley
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Gertrude Astor
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Fred Sherman
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Sol Murgi
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James Gonzalez
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