The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
82 audience votes
Key crew
- Phil KarlsonDirector
- Robert SmithScreenplay
- Arthur LangeOriginal Music Composer
- Emil NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John PayneErnie Driscoll
- Evelyn KeyesLinda James
- Brad DexterVictor Rawlins
- Frank FaylenStan Hogan
- Peggie CastlePauline Driscoll
- Jay AdlerChristopher
- Jack LambertMickey
- Glenn LanganLloyd Morgan
- Eddy WallerPop Durkee
- John DaheimBud
- Ian WolfeWaldo Daggett
- Peter LeedsNat Finley
Stills
Themes
taxi driverfilm noirex-boxer