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Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
Keywords
mental breakdown
film noir
extortion
b movie
nightclub singer
small time thugs
turf war
betrayal of trust
broken man
shot to death
gangsters
Casts
Barry Sullivan
Shubunka
Belita
Nancy Starr
Joan Lorring
Dorothy
Akim Tamiroff
Nick Jammey
Harry Morgan
Shorty
John Ireland
Karty
Sheldon Leonard
Cornell
Fifi D'Orsay
Mrs. Ostroleng
Virginia Christine
Mrs. Karty
Elisha Cook Jr.
Oval
Ted Hecht
Swain (as Theodore Hecht)
Leif Erickson
Beaumont
Charles McGraw
Dugas
John Kellogg
Sterling
Edwin Maxwell
Politician (as Eddie Maxwell)
Dewey Robinson
Pool Player
Murray Alper
Eddie
Shelley Winters
Hazel
Larry Steers
Headwaiter
Marie Blake
Hotel maid
Griff Barnett
Dorothy's father
Sid Melton
Nightclub stage manager
Jeff Corey
Garage mechanic
Peter Whitney
Garage mechanic
Crews
Frank King
Producer
Maurice King
Producer
Daniel Fuchs
Screenplay
Walter Thompson
Editor
Louis Gruenberg
Original Music Composer
Paul Ivano
Director of Photography
Gordon Wiles
Director
Daniel Fuchs
Novel
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