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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%. Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 75% of the 660 1950s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
180 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph H. LewisDirector
- Philip YordanWriter
Cast
- Cornel WildeLeonard Diamond
- Jean WallaceSusan Lowell
- Brian DonlevyJoe McClure
- Richard ConteMr. Brown
- Lee Van CleefFante
- Earl HollimanMingo
- Robert MiddletonPolice Capt. Peterson
- Helen WalkerAlicia Brown
- Jay AdlerDetective Sam Hill
- John HoytNils Dreyer
- Ted de CorsiaRalph Bettini
- Helene StantonRita
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Themes
film noirpolice corruptionpolice detectivedouble crosslie detectionantiques shophangarburlesque dancerpolice shootoutgang moll