The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
77 audience votes
Key crew
- Roy HugginsWriter
- Richard QuineDirector
- Arthur MortonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fred MacMurrayPaul Sheridan
- Philip CareyRick McAllister
- Kim NovakLona McLane
- Dorothy MaloneAnn Stewart
- E.G. MarshallPolice Lt. Carl Eckstrom
- Allen NoursePaddy Dolan
- James AndersonBeery the Mechanic (uncredited)
- Joe BaileyHobbs (uncredited)
- Tony BarrettPickup Artist in Bar (uncredited)
- Walter BeaverDetective Schaeffer (uncredited)
- Richard BryanDetective Harris (uncredited)
- Robert CarsonFirst Bartender (uncredited)
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Themes
stolen moneyfemme fatalefilm noirhigh tech surveillancebag of moneylos angeles, californiapolice detectivebank robberystakeoutpolice stakeoutgirlfriend as baitcorrupt cop