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Desperate
Theatricl release posterDirected by Anthony Mann Produced by Michael Kraike Written by Story:
Dorothy Atlas)
Anthony Mann
Screenplay:
Harry EssexStarring Steve Brodie
Audrey Long
Raymond BurrMusic by Paul Sawtell Cinematography George E. Diskant Editing by Marston Fay Studio RKO Radio Pictures Release date(s) May 9, 1947 Running time 73 minutes Country United States Language English Desperate is a 1947 suspense film noir directed by Anthony Mann.[1]
Contents
Plot
Steve Randall (Brodie) is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend to haul some freight. Only when Steve arrives at the warehouse, does he realize that what he has been hired to haul away is stolen goods. A cop is killed when they bust in during the delivery.
Later, after kidnapping Steve, the criminals, led by Walt Radak (Burr), threaten to mutilate Mrs. Randall (Long) unless Steve confesses to a murder committed by Radak's brother during the theft.
Steve plays along with the criminals just long enough to escape. He takes his wife and leaves town with the couple being pursued by cops and the crooks.
Cast
- Steve Brodie as Steve Randall
- Audrey Long as Mrs. Anne Randall
- Raymond Burr as Walt Radak
- Douglas Fowley as Pete Lavitch, Private Eye
- William Challee as Reynolds
- Jason Robards as Det. Lt. Louie Ferrari
- Freddie Steele as Shorty Abbott
- Lee Frederick as Joe Daly
- Paul E. Burns as Uncle Jan
- Ilka Grüning as Aunt Klara
References
- ^ Desperate at the Internet Movie Database.
External links
- Desperate at the Internet Movie Database
- Desperate at AllRovi
- Desperate at the TCM Movie Database
- Desperate trailer at YouTube (illustrates expressionistic cinematography by George E. Diskant)
1940s Moonlight in Havana (1942) · The Great Flamarion (1945) · Two O'Clock Courage (1945) · Sing Your Way Home (1945) · The Bamboo Blonde (1946) · Desperate (1947) · Railroaded! (1947) · T-Men (1947) · Raw Deal (1948) · Reign of Terror (1949) · Border Incident (1949)1950s Side Street (1950) · Winchester '73 (1950) · The Furies (1950) · Devil's Doorway (1950) · The Tall Target (1951) · Bend of the River (1952) · The Naked Spur (1953) · Thunder Bay (1953) · The Glenn Miller Story (1954) · The Far Country (1954) · Strategic Air Command (1955) · The Man from Laramie (1955) · Serenade (1956) · Men in War (1957) · The Tin Star (1957) · God's Little Acre (1958) · Man of the West (1958)1960s Cimarron (1960) · El Cid (1961) · The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) · The Heroes of Telemark (1965) · A Dandy in Aspic (1968)Categories:- 1947 films
- American films
- Black-and-white films
- Crime drama films
- English-language films
- Film noir
- Films directed by Anthony Mann
- Road movies
- Trucker films
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