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Dan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City.Dan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City.Dan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City.
Wendell K. Phillips
- Police Captain
- (as Wendell Phillips)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilmed in the summer of 1955 but not released until 1957, in order to cash in on the sudden fame of Jayne Mansfield.
- GoofsThe 1951 Chevy driven by Nat Harbin is described as "light gray" over the police radio and in the teletype voice-over, yet the description on the teletype reads that the car is "green."
- Quotes
Della: What's your name?
Nat Harbin: Nathaniel... Say, what is this? What do you want?
Della: Basically - basically, I'm out to find myself a man. Wait for me outside.
Nat Harbin: Are you kidding?
Della: No. No, Nathaniel, I'm not kidding.
Nat Harbin: Well, that's tough on you. Sorry, no sale.
Della: [slaps Nat] Just to let you know, I'm - not selling anything.
- Crazy creditsAll credits are in lower case, including title card, cast list, crew names and occupations, and "the end".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Jayne Mansfield: La tragédie d'une blonde (2013)
- SoundtracksYou Are Mine
Vocal by Vince Carson
Music and Lyrics by Bob Marcucchi and Pete DeAngelo
[Gladden and Charlie dance to the song at the club in Atlantic City]
Featured review
Breathtakingly ostentatious noir
This is one of those extravagantly stylized late-period noirs, one which palpitates with flamboyant cinematic technique. It belongs in the same club as those other exaggerated, self-consciously arty noirs of the late 50s/early 60s, like Touch of Evil, Kiss Me Deadly, Blast of Silence and Sam Fuller's contemporaneous contributions to the genre. Wendkos directs like a recent A+ film school graduate showing off every Hitchcock and Welles trick he's learned -- there are many stunning edits (he is also credited as the film's editor), several strikingly composed shots, and a suitably seedy background (the fact that the crooks' hideout is right next to a railway line full of speeding streamliners is a boon). At the same time, he toes the studio line of narrative clarity and cohesive action scenes enough to make this suitable viewing for the non-buff (one can see why he spent most of his years in television, but at the same time could dazzle with over-the-top effects in The Mephisto Waltz.) Fans of Atlantic City's Steel Pier are in for a treat in the film's climax (which owes a bit too much to The Lady from Shanghai) -- we even get to see the diving horse. But notably, we also see the soggy marshes that border the city and reflect the protagonists' own situational quagmire. It may not have the integrity of the more subtly devastating noirs of the Siodmak 40s, but it has its own postmodern tradition to uphold. It's worth picking this one up even on the third-generation dupes that are now in circulation; a wide-screen dvd restoration is definitely in order.
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- May 14, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Provalnik
- Filming locations
- Brigantine, New Jersey, USA(Nat leaves Della in the shack and runs to a phone booth - the town's fake lighthouse is in the background)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
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- Budget
- $90,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- 1.85 : 1
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