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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaAn ex-con sets out to find the money which was hidden after a payroll robbery but is persuaded to turn it over to the police by his former accomplice's widow.An ex-con sets out to find the money which was hidden after a payroll robbery but is persuaded to turn it over to the police by his former accomplice's widow.An ex-con sets out to find the money which was hidden after a payroll robbery but is persuaded to turn it over to the police by his former accomplice's widow.
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Ralph Barnard
- Lieutenant
- (não creditado)
Robert Brubaker
- Brenner
- (não creditado)
Madge Cleveland
- Mrs. Haley
- (não creditado)
William Fawcett
- Packy
- (não creditado)
Jack Kenney
- Gas Station Owner
- (não creditado)
Barbara Mansell
- Stenographer
- (não creditado)
J. Edward McKinley
- Warden John B. Haggerty
- (não creditado)
James Parnell
- Worker
- (não creditado)
Harvey Parry
- Jerry
- (não creditado)
Avaliações em destaque
This one has most of the crime film cliches - good girl, bad girl, double crosses, cocky cop, illogical choices - but for all of its averageness, it is actually an entertaining film. Pretty good pacing and a quick watch, and some really odd, fun little moments. High art it isn't, but if you enjoy old crime movies with a bit of melodrama, it is worth your time. I enjoyed it.
The programmer's neither good nor bad, just a familiar storyline given undistinguished treatment. Nick and two buddies rob an armored car, but the buddies are killed in the robbery. Now Nick's out of prison, intent on retrieving the loot he's hidden. Trouble is both a mobster and the cops are watching. Meanwhile, he's got a sexy blonde girlfriend (Anders) who's double-crossing him with his so-called friend Dave (Christopher). Sound familiar. Yeah, old film fans have probably seen its variation a hundred times.
For a budget production, the effort's competently done. Foster in the lead does his best, but doesn't convey much presence. The cast is distinguished by noir villain Berry Kroeger as the mobster, and Joan Evans as good girl Gail. In fact, Evans had a very promising studio career in the early 50's that unfortunately didn't endure. Looks like this was her last feature-length appearance. I wish there were something outstanding, good or bad, to comment on, but there isn't, unless it's movie vet Fawcett (Packy) who's about as ravaged-looking an old duffer I've seen. All in all, the 70-minutes remains a watchable, but highly unremarkable crime drama that's probably forgotten 5-minutes later.
For a budget production, the effort's competently done. Foster in the lead does his best, but doesn't convey much presence. The cast is distinguished by noir villain Berry Kroeger as the mobster, and Joan Evans as good girl Gail. In fact, Evans had a very promising studio career in the early 50's that unfortunately didn't endure. Looks like this was her last feature-length appearance. I wish there were something outstanding, good or bad, to comment on, but there isn't, unless it's movie vet Fawcett (Packy) who's about as ravaged-looking an old duffer I've seen. All in all, the 70-minutes remains a watchable, but highly unremarkable crime drama that's probably forgotten 5-minutes later.
Hard case Ron Foster serves his time. Five years ago,he and two accomplices stole $260,000; they died, he went to prison. They never found the money. Now he's getting out, and everyone wants to play him for the money: ex-girlfriend Merry Anders and her new guy, a 'businessman' who figures he won't have to pay taxes on it, Detective Harp McGuire, who wants to get the money and put Foster back in prison. All Foster wants is the money, and ex-girlfriend Joan Evans, who married his buddy who wound up dead in the robbery.
It's a good set-up, and the performances are good, if a trifle hackneyed; also I thought the character changes that make this a story and not just an anecdote pile up very quickly at the end. Perpetual B director Edward Cahn does his usual competent but uninspired job, and it moves at a pretty good pace.
It's a good set-up, and the performances are good, if a trifle hackneyed; also I thought the character changes that make this a story and not just an anecdote pile up very quickly at the end. Perpetual B director Edward Cahn does his usual competent but uninspired job, and it moves at a pretty good pace.
There are moments of a real noir here, but the happy ending spoils it. The acting and the action are good, and the story is good as well, with great suspense and no possibility for anyone to have a guess at how it all will end. The best part of the film is actually the music, which keeps following the action very closely from behind without getting too dominant. The photo is also convincingly in noir style, black and white in shades and dark atmosphere, and of course there are the usual fisticuffs and settlements crowning the troublesome affair. As usual, it would have been easier for the hoodlums to let the hero get away with the girl without causing any trouble, but then again that's what hoodlums are for.
Nick Harbin (Ron Foster) gets out of prison after a five year stretch. When he tries to reconnect with his old comrades, he finds that things have changed quite a bit while he was gone. No one seems interested in him, other than to get to the big money he stole.
A flashback sequence shows us that Nick actually has a conscience, and wants to make amends for the tragic event that haunts him. Now, hounded by both the cops and the press, with his old cronies converging on him, Nick has one last chance at redemption.
THE WALKING TARGET is another entertaining, hard-boiled crime thriller. Foster is quite believable in his role. Merry Anders co-stars as Nick's cheating girlfriend, and Joan Evans is the woman of Nick's dreams, the one who got away...
A flashback sequence shows us that Nick actually has a conscience, and wants to make amends for the tragic event that haunts him. Now, hounded by both the cops and the press, with his old cronies converging on him, Nick has one last chance at redemption.
THE WALKING TARGET is another entertaining, hard-boiled crime thriller. Foster is quite believable in his role. Merry Anders co-stars as Nick's cheating girlfriend, and Joan Evans is the woman of Nick's dreams, the one who got away...
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- CuriosidadesAt 36:45 we see Sam Russo (Norman Alden) using a torch to weld the plate on. Next scene shows a stick welder being used.
- Erros de gravaçãoThe cars driven by Nick Harbin and Detectives both have their rear-view mirrors disappear at various times in the movie.
- ConexõesReferenced in Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019)
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