Directed by:
Robert SiodmakCinematography:
Lloyd Ahern Sr.Composer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Tommy Cook, Betty Garde, Hope Emerson, George Melford, Debra Paget, Tom Moore, Berry Kroeger (more)Plots(1)
A masterpiece of law and disorder, Robert Siodmak’s film noir classic depicts a timeless battle of good versus evil on the streets of New York. Childhood friends Martin Rome (Richard Conte), a charismatic and ruthless criminal, and Lieutenant Candella (Victor Mature), a dogged and tireless cop, go head-to-head as Rome attempts to forge an alibi through intimidation and menace. Seductively callous and threatening, Rome’s travails reveal an underworld of corruption and criminality at the heart of the Big Apple. Candella’s persistence and resourcefulness keeps his nemesis looking over his shoulder as a tense game of cat and mouse plays out to an inevitably dramatic climax. Offering a vivid depiction of life in Little Italy, Siodmak’s fast-paced crime thriller is beautifully shot and is a key work in the genre. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Victor Mature
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Richard Conte
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Fred Clark
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
White Heat (1949)
One Man Mutiny (1955)
Shelley Winters
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Tommy Cook
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Humoresque (1946)
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Betty Garde
USA
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
One Desire (1955)
Hope Emerson
USA
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Westward the Women (1951)
Adam's Rib (1949)
George Melford
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Debra Paget
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
White Feather (1955)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Tom Moore
Ireland
Best movies:
Cry of the City (1948)
Forever Amber (1947)
The Turning Point (1952)
Berry Kroeger
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Act of Violence (1948)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Ruth Clifford
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Robert Karnes
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Walter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Robert Adler
USA
Best movies:
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
Charles Wagenheim
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Roland Winters
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Loving (1970)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Howard Freeman
USA
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The Killers (1946)
June Storey
Canada
Best movies:
The Strange Woman (1946)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
In Old Chicago (1937)
Charles Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Country Girl (1954)
The Proud Ones (1956)