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Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
135 audience votes
Key crew
- Otto PremingerDirector
- Harry KleinerScreenplay
- David RaksinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alice FayeJune Mills
- Dana AndrewsEric Stanton
- Linda DarnellStella
- Charles BickfordMark Judd
- Anne RevereClara Mills
- Bruce CabotDave Atkins
- John CarradineProfessor Madley
- Percy KilbridePop
- Dorothy AdamsStella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
- Robert AdlerCoroner at Murder Scene (uncredited)
- Herbert AshleyReporter (uncredited)
- Matthew BeardShoeshine Boy (uncredited)
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Themes
roadhousefilm noirdrifter