Trama
Il sostenitore di un personaggio abbastanza in vista nel mondo politico, ha una figlia perdutamente innamorata del figlio di quest'ultimo. Il padre non vede di buon occhio i rapporti tra i due e quando il ragazzo viene trovato ucciso iniziano le indagini. Dal celebre romanzo di Dashiell Hammett, un noir crudo e violento con una misteriosa e conturbante Veronica Lake.
Data rilascio : 08/09/1942
regia di Stuart Heisler
Cast
-
Brian Donlevy
- Paul Madvig -
Veronica Lake
- Janet Henry -
Alan Ladd
- Ed Beaumont -
Bonita Granville
- Opal 'Snip' Madvig -
Richard Denning
- Taylor Henry -
Joseph Calleia
- Nick Varna -
William Bendix
- Jeff -
Frances Gifford
- Nurse -
Donald MacBride
- Farr -
Margaret Hayes
- Eloise Matthews -
Moroni Olsen
- Ralph Henry -
Eddie Marr
- Rusty -
Arthur Loft
- Clyde Matthews -
George Meader
- Claude Tuttle -
William Benedict
- Farr's Receptionist (uncredited) -
Dane Clark
- Henry Sloss (uncredited) -
Tom Fadden
- Basement Club Waiter (uncredited) -
Bess Flowers
- Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited) -
Chuck Hamilton
- Policeman (uncredited) -
James Millican
- Politician (uncredited) -
Bert Moorhouse
- Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited) -
Lillian Randolph
- Basement Club Entertainer (uncredited) -
Norma Varden
- Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited) -
Brooks Benedict
- Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited) -
Conrad Binyon
- Stubby (uncredited) -
Frank Bruno
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Kenneth Chryst
- Man in Barroom (uncredited) -
Edmund Cobb
- Reporter Carrying Papers (uncredited) -
Maurice Costello
- Card Player (uncredited) -
George Cowl
- Butler #2 in Henry Home (uncredited) -
John W. De Noria
- Groggins (uncredited) -
Vernon Dent
- Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited) -
Frank Elliott
- Peter (uncredited) -
J.C. Fowler
- Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited) -
Jack Gardner
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Kit Guard
- Basement Club Barfly (uncredited) -
Frank Hagney
- Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss (uncredited) -
Louis Jean Heydt
- Man watching dice throw (uncredited) -
Arthur Stuart Hull
- Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited) -
Joe King
- Fisher (uncredited) -
Paul Le Pere
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Theodore Lorch
- Dinner Guest (uncredited) -
Jack Luden
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Wilbur Mack
- Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited) -
Joe McGuinn
- Reporter (uncredited) -
Edmund Mortimer
- Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited) -
Jack Mulhall
- Lynch (uncredited) -
Spec O'Donnell
- Campaign Headquarters Usher (uncredited) -
Broderick O'Farrell
- Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited) -
Tom O'Grady
- Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited) -
Pat O'Malley
- Politician (uncredited) -
Stanley Price
- Basement Club Barfly (uncredited) -
Cyril Ring
- Campaign Headquarters Waiter (uncredited) -
Francis Sayles
- Seedy-Looking Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited) -
Jack Shea
- Policeman (uncredited) -
Bruce Sidney
- Dinner Guest (uncredited) -
Brick Sullivan
- Joe (uncredited) -
Charles Sullivan
- Cabbie (uncredited) -
George Turner
- Dr. Redmond (uncredited) -
William Wagner
- Butler (uncredited) -
Fred Walburn
- Kid (uncredited) -
Laraine Day
- Nurse (uncredited)