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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn ex-prisoner seeks redemption by helping authorities infiltrate deadly German counterfeiters while avenging his murdered army friend.An ex-prisoner seeks redemption by helping authorities infiltrate deadly German counterfeiters while avenging his murdered army friend.An ex-prisoner seeks redemption by helping authorities infiltrate deadly German counterfeiters while avenging his murdered army friend.
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Karen Verne
- Mrs. Pulenski
- (as Kaaren Verne)
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Rather good noir with an interesting story of some counterfeiting corruption and a splendid gun fight among the coaches in the bus garage. Leigh Snowden is great in this but only made about ten films although she did make the fantastic, Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and Grant Williams was also good although he made a few more and his most famous one as The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Of course this gives us a clue as the director made this and the other film by Jack Arnold and if this isn't a wonderful one it is certainly well shot and no messing around and no boring moments. He was 56 when he made this one and before he had Tarantula (1955) and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - not bad even if there aren't really any beasts in this one.
Shortly after the story begins, a soldier is shot and killed by his so-called 'friends'. Only moments before, he was talking with another soldier, Johnny Salvo (Ray Danton). Well, soon Johnny is offered a chance to work with government in order to try to not only solve the murder but stop a counterfeiting ring....the same 'friends' that killed the soldier. What incentive are they offering for Johnny's help? Well, he joined the army because he was offered a choice...the army or prison! Apparently, Johnny's an ex-con...and if he helps, he'll have his entire criminal record released. The case is complicated when Johnny falls in love with the widow...and you have no idea if she's part of this gang or not.
Ray Danton is hardly a household name today, but he was a good actor...and a very handsome one at that. This film shows that he COULD do a great job despite being a B or C-list actor...and he is very good here. The story also is interesting and kept my interest. Well worth seeing.
Ray Danton is hardly a household name today, but he was a good actor...and a very handsome one at that. This film shows that he COULD do a great job despite being a B or C-list actor...and he is very good here. The story also is interesting and kept my interest. Well worth seeing.
It's a very conventional thriller with a lot of technical intricacies about details in investigating counterfeit money, but there is a girl involved who is wholly agreeable, knowing nothing of the racket in which her husband was involved before getting murdered, while his colleague has some past sins to make up for, being on parole, and getting his chance when he is offered the possibility to make a clean slate of his records if he helps sorting out his colleague's being mixed up with advanced gangsters. It so happens that he is offered this opportunity by his father, who is a police, and the most interesting part of the film is their relationship. The father looks constantly worried and concerned about his son, who resents the whole business and wants to pull out because of some previous disagreement with his father, which we never learn anything about. He reminds very much of Dean Martin but without any humour, which this film is entirely without. It is interesting though, there is a grand finale with fisticuffs and shootouts, and Onslow Stevens as the father makes a great performance which couldn't be more convincing.
Ex-con Ray Danton is recruited by his father, Onslow Stevens, to help track down and break a gang of counterfeiters in Germany. Danton is angry with his father, but accepts. Stevens can't keep his love for his son from interfering with the operations.
It's a nice, murky little movie directed by Jack Arnold, with some love interest provided by Leigh Snowden, and a general air of "just doing my job" on the part of the other agents and the counterfeiters, even when they look like they're about to get violent. Utility cinematographer Irving Glassberg shows his usual high level of professionalism in the sort of throwaway programmer that Arnold was able to put something extra into.
It's a nice, murky little movie directed by Jack Arnold, with some love interest provided by Leigh Snowden, and a general air of "just doing my job" on the part of the other agents and the counterfeiters, even when they look like they're about to get violent. Utility cinematographer Irving Glassberg shows his usual high level of professionalism in the sort of throwaway programmer that Arnold was able to put something extra into.
Jack Arnold directed this subpar Universal-International movie, a Ray Danton vehicle of one-dimensional characters and flat, boring story elements.
The culprit is screenwriter Danny Arnold (no relation). Right through to the corny, blah ending, his work is quite poor, hardly indicative of hi great success later in TV producing and creating hits "That Girl" and "Barney Miller".
Danton plays an ex-con and WW II vet chosen by his estranged father to become an undercover government agent to help break up an international counterfeiting ring. He glides effortlessly through the role, while Arnold's iconic hero (of "Incredible Shrinking Man") Grant Williams sleepwalks through a cast-against-type assignment as chief heavy. The uneasy re0lationship between Danton and his dad Onslow Stevens is central to the story but comes across as completely artificial. Leigh Snowden is the pretty but overly "nice" heroine, as Danny's script fails to give her character an edge or any possibility of being a femme fatale.
It adds up to being a forgettable, boring programmer.
The culprit is screenwriter Danny Arnold (no relation). Right through to the corny, blah ending, his work is quite poor, hardly indicative of hi great success later in TV producing and creating hits "That Girl" and "Barney Miller".
Danton plays an ex-con and WW II vet chosen by his estranged father to become an undercover government agent to help break up an international counterfeiting ring. He glides effortlessly through the role, while Arnold's iconic hero (of "Incredible Shrinking Man") Grant Williams sleepwalks through a cast-against-type assignment as chief heavy. The uneasy re0lationship between Danton and his dad Onslow Stevens is central to the story but comes across as completely artificial. Leigh Snowden is the pretty but overly "nice" heroine, as Danny's script fails to give her character an edge or any possibility of being a femme fatale.
It adds up to being a forgettable, boring programmer.
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- AnecdotesDuring World War II, some U.S. prisoners were granted parole to serve in the military, particularly non-violent offenders, as determined by selective service boards on a case-by-case basis. Those who served honorably were typically not required to return to prison, as parole terms were often adjusted or commuted upon completion of service.
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Chief Agent Alec Conrad: What does she look like?
Johnny Salvo: She's young, blonde, medium height.
Chief Agent Alec Conrad: Pretty?
Johnny Salvo: Yeah, if you like the type.
- ConnexionsReferenced in Crime Wave (1985)
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- 1h 21min(81 min)
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