The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
107 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Stirling SilliphantWriter
- George DuningOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Aldo RayJames Vanning / Art Rayburn
- Anne BancroftMarie Gardner
- Brian KeithJohn
- James GregoryBen Fraser
- Jocelyn BrandoLaura Fraser
- Frank AlbertsonDr. Edward Gurston
- Rudy BondRed
- Bess FlowersWoman at Fashion Show (uncredited)
- Gene RothBartender (uncredited)
- Arline AndersonHostess (uncredited)
- María BelmarSpanish Woman (uncredited)
- Orlando BeltranSpanish Man (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
film noirmodel