1950 • NR • 1h 42m
6.3/10
(36 users) 
Overview
The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a whip The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a whip-smart telephone technician who moves up the ladder of a Syndicate gambling empire in Southern California until distracted by an inconveniently married Joanne Dru and his own greed. Ripped from the headlines of the 1950 Kevaufer Organized Crime Hearings, this fast-moving picture is laden with location sequences shot in Los Angeles, the Hoover Dam and Palm Springs including the famous Doll House watering hole on North Palm Canyon Drive!
6.3/10
(36 users) Cast / Crew 
Edmond O'Brien Mal Granger 
Joanne Dru Gail Mason 
Otto Kruger Carl Stephans 
Barry Kelley Vince Walters 
Dorothy Patrick Trudy Maxwell 
Don Porter Larry Mason 
Howard St. John Lieutenant Pete Wright 
Robert Osterloh Gizzi 
Sammy White Chippie Evans 
Fred Aldrich Peterson - Carl's Chauffeur (uncredited) 
Phillip Barnes Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) Jay Barney Detective Carter (uncredited) 
Gail Bonney Chippie's Date (uncredited) 
Ralph Brooks Bookie (uncredited) 
Frank Dae Pop (uncredited) Franz Planer Director of Photography Richard English Writer Bert Jordan Editor Francis Swann Writer 
Joseph M. Newman Director Sol Kaplan Original Music Composer Frank N. Seltzer Producer Howard Bristol Set Decoration Perry Ferguson Art Direction 
Odette Myrtil Costume Design Greta Isgrigg Wardrobe Master Emil Newman Music Director Perry Ferguson Production Design James F. Gaither Jr. Sound Mixer Jack Byron Makeup Artist
Edmond O'Brien Mal Granger Joanne Dru Gail Mason Otto Kruger Carl Stephans Barry Kelley Vince Walters Dorothy Patrick Trudy Maxwell Don Porter Larry Mason Howard St. John Lieutenant Pete Wright Robert Osterloh Gizzi Sammy White Chippie Evans Fred Aldrich Peterson - Carl's Chauffeur (uncredited) Phillip Barnes Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) Jay Barney Detective Carter (uncredited) Gail Bonney Chippie's Date (uncredited) Ralph Brooks Bookie (uncredited) Frank Dae Pop (uncredited) Franz Planer Director of Photography Richard English Writer Bert Jordan Editor Francis Swann Writer Joseph M. Newman Director Sol Kaplan Original Music Composer Frank N. Seltzer Producer Howard Bristol Set Decoration Perry Ferguson Art Direction Odette Myrtil Costume Design Greta Isgrigg Wardrobe Master Emil Newman Music Director Perry Ferguson Production Design James F. Gaither Jr. Sound Mixer Jack Byron Makeup Artist 
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