Directed by:
Frank TuttleCinematography:
John F. SeitzComposer:
David ButtolphCast:
Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Olin Howland, Roger Imhof, Pamela Blake, Frank Ferguson, Patricia Farr (more)VOD (1)
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Veronica Lake is nightclub chanteuse Ellen, and her police detective boyfriend Michael (Robert Preston) is on the hunt for assassin-for-hire Philip Raven (Alan Ladd), after Raven performed a hit on a chemist with a secret formula and a taste for blackmail. When Raven's employer Gates (Laird Cregar) double crosses him after the job is done, Raven seeks revenge, and his path crosses with Ellen after she is hired to perform at Gates' club. Raven learns that the stolen formula is for a poison gas that is to be sold to the Japanese, and his pangs of conscience and revelations of his tortured past turn Ellen's fear into compassion, just as dangerous forces close in on Raven. But Ellen is still unsure if Raven can be trusted. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Veronica Lake
USA
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Robert Preston
USA
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Laird Cregar
USA
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Alan Ladd
USA
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Tully Marshall
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Marc Lawrence
USA
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Olin Howland
USA
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Roger Imhof
USA
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Pamela Blake
USA
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Frank Ferguson
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Patricia Farr
USA
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Charles C. Wilson
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Bernadene Hayes
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Chester Clute
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Charles Arnt
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Clem Bevans
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Charles Irwin
Ireland
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Yvonne De Carlo
Canada
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Frances Morris
USA
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Sam Harris
Australia
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