Composer William Lava repeatedly uses a five-note melody cribbed or "sampled" directly from Alfred Newman's composition for the theme from King Vidor's romantic drama Scène de la rue (1931). This Newman theme was recycled for the theme for Qui a tué Vicky Lynn? (1941) and it soon became a staple of the studio's noir dramas, used as an trope of of the Big City in films like L'impasse tragique (1946), Le Carrefour de la mort (1947) and La Proie (1948).
At the road block, a policeman states they'd only seen 18 drunks and 6 guys carrying slot machines. Gambling was still illegal in most of the U.S., with Las Vegas only in its infancy at the time of this film. But organized crime and local hoodlums were running illegal gaming spots all over, including in New York State. The "one-armed bandits" mentioned were light years away from the modern ones in use today.
This film's working title was Smart Money.
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Tucson AZ Tuesday 31 July 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9), in Columbus OH Wednesday 1 August 1956 on WTVN (Channel 6), in Cincinnati OH Saturday 4 August 1956 on WKRC (Channel 12), in Los Angeles CA Tuesday 14 August 1956 on KTLA (Channel 5), in Phoenix AZ Monday 27 August 1956 on KVAR (Channel 12), in Miami FL Tuesday 11 September 1956 on WTVJ (Channel 4), in Indianapolis IN Saturday 15 September 1956 on WFBM (Channel 6), in Boston MA Friday 28 September 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Sacramento CA Friday 2 November 1956 on KBET (Channel 10), in Spokane WA Tuesday 6 November 1956 on KREM (Channel 2), in Salt Lake City UT Friday 14 December 1956 on KUTV (Channel 2), in Portland OR Thursday 7 February 1957 on KOIN (Channel 6), in San Francisco CA Sunday 10 March 1957 on KRON (Channel 4), and in Honolulu HI Thursday 6 June 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13).
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By what name was La sirène des bas-Fonds (1949) officially released in India in English?
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