Director: Jacques Tourneur

Writer: Geoffrey Homes

From novel: Build My Gallows High by Geoffrey Homes (pseudonym of Daniel Mainwaring)

Music by: Roy Webb

Producer: Warren Duff

Keywords: Drama, Film Noir

A private eye in trouble bides his time running a roadside filling station near Bakersfield. One day an acquaintance arrives with a message for him, that the mobster he had wronged was looking for him. A complex story of murder, a missing $40,000, and double crosses unfolds in flashback. Stylish and masterful noir directed by Jacques Tourneur, among the best ever produced. Entered 1991 into the National Film Registry.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steve Brodie	Actor	21-Nov-1919	9-Jan-1992	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Kirk Douglas	Actor	9-Dec-1916		Spartacus
Rhonda Fleming	Actor	10-Aug-1923		Spellbound
Jane Greer	Actor	9-Sep-1924	24-Aug-2001	Out of the Past
Virginia Huston	Actor	24-Apr-1925	28-Feb-1981	Tarzan's Peril
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
Dickie Moore	Actor	12-Sep-1925	7-Sep-2015	The Little Rascals
Richard Webb	Actor	9-Sep-1915	10-Jun-1993	Captain Midnight

CAST

Robert Mitchum	...   Jeff
Jane Greer	...   Kathie
with
Kirk Douglas	...   Whit
Rhonda Fleming	...   Meta Carson
Richard Webb	...   Jim
Steve Brodie	...   Fisher
Virginia Huston	...   Ann
Paul Valentine	...   Joe
Dickie Moore	...   The Kid
Ken Niles	...   Leonard Eels

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