Riffraff (1947 film)

Riffraff (1947 film)

Infobox_Film | name = Riffraff |
| caption = Movie poster for "Riffraff"
director =Ted Tetzlaff
producer =Nat Holt
Jack J. Gross executive producer
writer =Martin Rackin
starring =Pat O'Brien
Anne Jeffreys
Walter Slezak
Percy Kilbride
Jerome Cowan
George Givot
Jason Robards Sr.
Marc Krah
movie_music =Roy Webb
Joan Whitney
distributor =RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
released =September 15, 1947
runtime =80 min.
language =English
budget =
music =
awards =
imdb_id =0039772
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"Riffraff" is a 1947 black-and-white international espionage film shot in the film noir style. The film, considered to be a minor noir entry more in the adventure genre, was directed by Ted Tetzlaff, who also directed The Window (1949) and worked as a cinematographer for over 100 films, including another successful suspense film, Alfred Hitchcock's "Notorious" (1946). Riffraff is notable for its cinematography by George Diskant, especially the stormy opening sequence. Music composed by Roy Webb and Joan Whitney.

Plot

A passenger goes missing during a storm from an airplane bound for Panama, and Charles Hasso (Marc Krah) is questioned by the Panamanian secret police. It becomes clear that Hasso killed the missing man, in reality a Peruvian agent, for a valuable map. Fearing for his life, Hasso hires private investigator Dan Hammer (Pat O'Brien). Hammer is also on the payroll of oil executive Walter Gredson (Jerome Cowan), to find Hasso and the map, which shows rich oil deposits in Peru. Thug Eric Molinar (Walter Slezak), pretending to be a tourist, is also after the map and kills Hasso in his hotel room, where Hamme finds him strangled in the bathtub. Hammer now must avoid Molinar and his men, and watch his back with nightclub singer Maxine Manning (Anne Jeffreys), who may or may not be on his side.

Cast

*Pat O'Brien as Dan Hammer
*Anne Jeffreys as Maxine Manning
*Walter Slezak as Eric Molinar
*Percy Kilbride as Pop
*Jerome Cowan as Walter Gredson
*George Givot as Major Rues
*Jason Robards Sr. as Mr. Domingues
*Marc Krah as Charles Hasso

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