Der ehemalige Polizist aus Los Angeles, Vince Kane, ist ein Kautionsagent, der den Verdächtigen eines Wertpapierraubs gegen Kaution freibekommt, doch sein Klient verschwindet, was Vince dazu... Alles lesenDer ehemalige Polizist aus Los Angeles, Vince Kane, ist ein Kautionsagent, der den Verdächtigen eines Wertpapierraubs gegen Kaution freibekommt, doch sein Klient verschwindet, was Vince dazu veranlasst, Nachforschungen anzustellen.Der ehemalige Polizist aus Los Angeles, Vince Kane, ist ein Kautionsagent, der den Verdächtigen eines Wertpapierraubs gegen Kaution freibekommt, doch sein Klient verschwindet, was Vince dazu veranlasst, Nachforschungen anzustellen.
- Matthew Dawson
- (as David Wolfe)
- Detective
- (Nicht genannt)
- Room Clerk
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- Thin Man
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- Young Drunk
- (Nicht genannt)
- Kane's Secretary
- (Nicht genannt)
- Fred - Taxi Driver
- (Nicht genannt)
- Roger Lennert - Lucy's Attorney
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- Cigarette Girl
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Williams's crime is also hard to understand. He is said to have cashed $150,000 in securities for two men without knowing they were stolen. Somehow he is unable to name or describe these men, although one of them owns a night club he frequents. Similarly, incorruptible cop Jim Backus wasn't able to find Williams for two years despite his being in plain sight. And despite Williams being unable to identify the two men, they want him killed so he can't identify them.
This film has the noir look and cast but it's more like a routine detective story where the detective (or ex-cop bail bondsman in this case) goes on a sort of treasure hunt where person A sends him to B who sends him to C and so on until the movie has gone on long enough for him to solve the case.
Backus acts like Raft's posting bond for this inept patsy was equivalent to springing a mass murderer. O'Brien keeps acting suspiciously for no reason. Raines doesn't strike me as the femme fatale she's supposed to be, but that's just personal taste.
Obligatory car-driving-over-cliff scene. L. A.'s canyons were littered with auto bodies in those days.
This is a mildly interesting film but it suffers a bit from Raft's relatively dull screen persona as well as his being a bit too trusting to be realistic. The story also becomes a bit confusing and is, if you think about it, a bit like a reworking of "Casablanca"! Odd but worth seeing if you like old film noir movies.
It's a noirish sort of movie without many of the trappings; the most dramatic bit of lighting occurs in a shot of the firm's secretary taking a call, with the light shining through, the company's logo etched in reverse on the wall above and behind her. Ted Tetzlaff's direction is workmanlike, and as often seems the case, Raft's delivery is fast and guarded, giving the impression, as so many of his later movies do, that he's there for a paycheck, and anxious to get through the shoot as fast as he can. Jim Backus steals the movie as a police detective who seems to have a relationship with Raft.
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- WissenswertesVince's car is a 1947 Cadillac Series 62 convertible. In 2016, this car, if in excellent condition, could be worth more than $100,000.
- PatzerRobert Gist gets out of a cab and into a car to take George Raft up into the hills. When he opens the door to the car's back seat the door hits the rear of the cab that he just exited.
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Vince Kane: [pulling up in front of hotel] I'll go up with ya.
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone: Why don't you stay out here and neck?
[Elaine is also in the car]
Vince Kane: Not with the top down.
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Sprache
- Auch bekannt als
- The Bail Bond Story
- Drehorte
- 601 North Rossmore Avenue, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(Vince Kane's apartment building)
- Produktionsfirma
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- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 19 Min.(79 min)
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.37 : 1