1950 | NR | 96 min | Film Noir, Crime, Thriller | DCP
A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
Foster Hirsch:
Foster Hirsch is a New York-based film historian, author, and professor at Brooklyn College, known for his books on film and theater, including The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir, A Method to Their Madness: The History of the Actors Studio, and Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties.
Director: Jules Dassin
Writers: Jo Eisinger, Gerald Kersh, Austin Dempster
Stars: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers
