Desperate (1947)
Walt Radak, truand notoire, essaye d'utiliser un camionneur indépendant, Steve Randall, pour transporter des fourrures volées. Mais Steve, ne voulant pas être mêlé à un vol, alerte un policier en patrouille en lui faisant des appels de phares. Al, le frère de Walt, tire sur le policier et le tue. Steve, en s'enfuyant, provoque la chute du jeune homme, ce qui permet à la police de l'appréhender. Rapidement rattrapé par Radak, Steve est tabassé avant que le gangster n'ait une idée : il veut que Steve avoue le meurtre pour sauver Al. Pour faire pression sur Randall, il n'hésite pas à menacer de s'en prendre à sa future épouse, Anne, et Steve se voit contraint d'accepter. Mais il parvient à semer les hommes de Radak et fuit avec Anne, allant de refuge en refuge. Radak, mais aussi la police, se lance à leur poursuite, obsédé par l'idée de sauver son frère, condamné à mort.
Directeur:
Anthony Mann
écrivain:
Harry Essex
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Steve Brodie as Steve Randall |
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Audrey Long as Anne Randall |
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Raymond Burr as Walt Radak |
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Douglas Fowley as Pete |
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William Challee as Reynolds |
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Jason Robards Sr. as Ferrari |
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Freddie Steele as Shorty |
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Lee Frederick as Joe |
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Paul E. Burns as Uncle Jan |
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Ilka Grüning as Aunt Klara |
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Ernie Adams as Villager (uncredited) |
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Erville Alderson as Simon Pringle (uncredited) |
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Leon Alton as Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
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George Anderson as Man on Train (uncredited) |
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William Bailey as Traveling Salesman (uncredited) |
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George Barrows as Train Passenger (uncredited) |
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Jack Baxley as Dr. Wilson (uncredited) |
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Robert Bray as Policeman with Lt. Ferrari (uncredited) |
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Kay Christopher as Nurse (uncredited) |
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Robert Clarke as Bus Driver (uncredited) |
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Grahame Covert as Man (uncredited) |
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Dick Elliott as Sheriff Hat Lewis (uncredited) |
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Carol Forman as Mrs. Henry Roberts (uncredited) |
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Ralf Harolde as Walt's Doctor (uncredited) |
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Hans Herbert as Rev. Alex Sorenson (uncredited) |
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Leza Lidow as Nurse (uncredited) |
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Teddy Infuhr as Richard (uncredited) |
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Cy Kendall as Ace Morgan (uncredited) |
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Carl Kent as Detective (uncredited) |
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Donald Kerr as News Vendor on Train (uncredited) |
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Milton Kibbee as Mac (uncredited) |
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Glen Knight as Truck Driver (uncredited) |
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Perc Launders as Manny (uncredited) |
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Art Miles as Truck Driver (uncredited) |
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Ernesto Molinari as Tenant (uncredited) |
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Jay Norris as Villager (uncredited) |
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Larry Nunn as Al Radak (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor as Train Conductor (uncredited) |
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Netta Packer as Woman on Train (uncredited) |
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Eddie Parks as Bill Frank (uncredited) |
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Harry 'Snub' Pollard as Villager (uncredited) |
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Jean Ransome as Villager (uncredited) |
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Joe Recht as Bellhop (uncredited) |
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Marshall Ruth as Traveling Salesman (uncredited) |
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Carl Saxe as Policeman at Warehouse (uncredited) |
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George Sowards as Villager (uncredited) |
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Michael Visaroff as Villager (uncredited) |
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Bill Wallace as Policeman at Warehouse (uncredited) |
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Elena Warren as Mrs. Oliver (uncredited) |
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Charles Flynn as State Trooper (uncredited) |
| Writing | Anthony Mann | Story |
| Camera | George E. Diskant | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Martin Rackin | Additional Dialogue |
| Production | Michael Kraike | Producer |
| Sound | Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Marston Fay | Editor |
| Directing | Anthony Mann | Director |
| Writing | Dorothy Atlas | Story |
| Writing | Harry Essex | Screenplay |
| Sound | Earl A. Wolcott | Sound |
| Crew | Russell A. Cully | Special Effects |
| Sound | Roy Granville | Sound |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Directing | Nate Levinson | Assistant Director |
| Art | Walter E. Keller | Art Direction |
| Sound | C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
