Directed by:
Abraham PolonskyScreenplay:
Abraham PolonskyCinematography:
George BarnesComposer:
David RaksinCast:
John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Howland Chamberlain, Paul Fix, Barry Kelley, Paul McVey, Roy Roberts, Beatrice Pearson, Beau Bridges (more)VOD (1)
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In this classic Film Noir, an ambitious but unscrupulous lawyer (John Garfield) works for the mob, and scents the prospect of a personal fortune when he helps concoct a plan that will merge all of New York City's numbers rackets into a single powerful and unbreakable operation. But one of them is run by his own brother (Thomas Gomez), who is much happier as an independent, mainly because it allows him to apply his own ethical standards to prevent innocent people from being corrupted by his shady activities. And it's the Cain-and-Abel clash between them that gives the film its tragic dimension. (Arrow Academy)
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I expected a lot more, because it is a film that greatly influenced Scorsese. The film would have had a better effect on me at the time it was made, or when I was still a child. However, currently it is a film that is indeed cruel, but it is not something that would throw me into a complete trance just by watching it.
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