L'Inexorable Enquête (1952)
Au cours d'un bal, Mark Chapman, éditeur d'un journal à scandales, tombe par hasard sur sa femme, qu'il a abandonnée des années auparavant. Celle-ci, découvrant qu'il a changé d'identité, menace de tout révéler. Fou de rage, il la frappe et la tue. Lorsqu'il apprend que le corps a été retrouvé, il décide de mettre sur l'affaire un de ses protégés, espérant ainsi se couvrir. Le jeune reporter ne se doute pas que son patron est en fait l'assassin...
Directeur:
Phil Karlson
écrivains:
Eugene Ling, Ted Sherdeman, James Poe.
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Broderick Crawford as Mark Chapman |
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Donna Reed as Julie Allison |
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John Derek as Steve McCleary |
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Rosemary DeCamp as Charlotte Grant |
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Henry O'Neill as Charlie Barnes |
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Harry Morgan as Biddle |
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James Millican as Lieutenant Davis |
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Griff Barnett as Elroy Hacker |
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Jonathan Hale as Frank Madison |
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Jay Adler as Bailey (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Astor as Neighbor (uncredited) |
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Shirley Ballard as Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
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Don Beddoe as Pete (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor as Newspaperman (uncredited) |
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Jack Perrin as NY Express Board Member (uncredited) |
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Blackie Whiteford as Barfly (uncredited) |
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Dick Gordon as Stockholder (uncredited) |
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Herschel Graham as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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Ida Moore as Needle Nellie |
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Katherine Warren as Mrs. Allison |
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Kathryn Card as Mrs. Rawley |
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Victoria Horne as Mary |
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Harry Hines as Barfly |
| Directing | Phil Karlson | Director |
| Writing | Samuel Fuller | Novel |
| Writing | Eugene Ling | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ted Sherdeman | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Poe | Screenplay |
| Art | William Kiernan | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Louis | Costume Design |
| Art | Robert Peterson | Art Direction |
| Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
| Sound | George Duning | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jerome Thoms | Editor |
| Production | Edward Small | Producer |
| Directing | Frederick Briskin | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clay Campbell | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Hunt | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Jack A. Goodrich | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Morris Stoloff | Music Director |