The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
99 audience votes
Key crew
- Stirling SilliphantWriter
- Don SiegelDirector
- Mischa BakaleinikoffOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Eli WallachDancer
- Robert KeithJulian
- Richard JaeckelSandy McLain
- Mary LaRocheDorothy Bradshaw
- William LeslieLarry Warner
- Emile MeyerInspector Al Quine
- Marshall ReedInsp. Fred Asher
- Raymond BaileyPhilip Dressler
- Vaughn TaylorThe Man
- Cheryl CallawayCindy Bradshaw
- Robert BaileyStaples
- Warner AndersonLt. Ben Guthrie
Stills
Themes
drug smugglinghitmansan francisco, californiafilm noir