Marché de brutes (1948)
Joe Sullivan brûle d'envie de sortir de prison. Il décide de s'adresser à Rick Coyle, un truand qui lui doit la modique somme de 50 000 $. Rick accepte d'aider Joe à s'évader. Mais c'est un piège et il a arrangé son évasion pour que Sullivan soit abattu par la police. Pourtant, avec l'aide de Pat Cameron, follement amoureuse de lui, et celle, involontaire, dans un premier temps, d'Ann Martin, l'assistante sociale juridique, qui tentait de le faire libérer de manière légale, Joe parvient à aller plus loin que Rick ne le supposait. Un rien sadique, le truand décide de prendre Martin en otage pour forcer Joe à se montrer et le faire tuer par ses hommes. Les deux hommes y laisseront leur vie.
Directeur:
Anthony Mann
écrivains:
Leopold Atlas, John C. Higgins.
![]() |
Dennis O'Keefe as Joe Sullivan |
![]() |
Claire Trevor as Pat Cameron |
![]() |
Marsha Hunt as Ann Martin |
![]() |
John Ireland as Fantail |
![]() |
Raymond Burr as Rick Coyle |
![]() |
Curt Conway as Spider |
![]() |
Chili Williams as Marcy |
![]() |
Richard Fraser as Fields |
![]() |
Whit Bissell as Murderer |
![]() |
Cliff Clark as Gates |
![]() |
Gregg Barton as |
![]() |
Robert Bice as |
![]() |
David Clarke as |
![]() |
Victor Cutler as |
![]() |
Alexis Davidoff as |
![]() |
Abe Dinovitch as |
![]() |
Tom Fadden as |
![]() |
Vincent Graeff as |
![]() |
Ilka Grüning as |
![]() |
Frank Hyers as |
![]() |
Richard Irving as |
![]() |
Bill Kennedy as |
![]() |
Paul Kruger as |
![]() |
Mike Lally as |
![]() |
Carey Loftin as |
![]() |
James Magill as |
![]() |
Joan Myles as |
![]() |
Edna Ryan as |
![]() |
Cap Somers as (uncredited) |
![]() |
Ray Teal as (uncredited) |
![]() |
Regis Toomey as Cop (uncredited) |
![]() |
Harry Tyler as (uncredited) |
![]() |
Robert B. Williams as (uncredited) |
![]() |
John Daheim as (uncredited) |
![]() |
Beverly Wills as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Anthony Mann | Director |
| Art | Edward L. Ilou | Art Direction |
| Art | Clarence Steensen | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Alfred DeGaetano | Editor |
| Art | Armor Marlowe | Set Decoration |
| Production | Edward Small | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ted Larsen | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Malin | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Jack Rabin | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Leopold Atlas | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ern Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | John C. Higgins | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | France Ehren | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | John Alton | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Leon Becker | Sound |
| Sound | Irving Friedman | Music Director |
| Sound | Earl Sitar | Sound |
| Sound | Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Ridgeway Callow | Assistant Director |
| Production | James T. Vaughn | Production Supervisor |