The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
Down-and-out artist Joe Manning wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Lee SholemDirector
- Robert C. DennisScreenplay
- Paul DunlapOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John BromfieldJoe Manning
- Julie LondonFrances 'Slacks' Bennett
- Henry CalvinRed Waller
- Patricia BlairChristine 'Christy' Rowen
- Joel AshleyPhilip Rowen
- Robert KeysDetective Sgt. Hollander
- Alika LouisIrene Crescent
- John PickardHarry Dorn, Bartender
- Frances MorrisNora Manning
- Rhodes ReasonGeorge Niles
- Mauritz HugoDr. Louis Tatreau, Psychiatrist
- Joyce JamesonGloria Wayne
Stills
Themes
gunartistsingerfilm noirmurder