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A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
Ted de Corsia
- Joseph Rico
- (as Ted De Corsia)
Michael Tolan
- James (Duke) Malloy
- (as Lawrence Tolan)
Bob Steele
- Herman
- (as Robert Steele)
Richard Bartell
- Police Records Clerk
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Ambulance Attendant
- (uncredited)
Helen Brown
- Landlady
- (uncredited)
Benny Burt
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Susan Cabot
- Nina Lombardo
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Bretaigne Windust
- Raoul Walsh(uncredited)
- Writer
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- TriviaThe death of the "Joe Rico" character in a fall from a building parallels the real-life death (in 1941) of Abe Reles (aka "Kid Twist"), an underworld killer whose arrest the previous year led authorities first to discover the existence of the organization popularly dubbed "Murder Inc." in the newspapers. Reles, in order to avoid execution in the electric chair, agreed to testify against the organization after submitting to a police interrogation about it, which famously took a full two weeks to complete, so exhaustive were his recollections. However, he never appeared on the stand, dying --after falling or being pushed out of a window in the hotel where he was staying---the day before he was due to appear. The film depicts Rico's death as a tragic accident, but it is more than likely that Reles' death was murder--one which, furthermore, almost certainly had the collusion of corrupt police officers, although this was never proved.
- GoofsThere is no explanation given as why Rico's recorded confession and the murder attempt the night of his death cannot stand in court to convict Mendoza.
- Quotes
[Big Babe Lazich has just been invited to join Rico's gang. While he is waiting, he notices that Rico is always on the phone]
Babe Lazich: Who calls him on the phone?
Philadelphia Tom Zaca: If you're a good swimmer, you can ask the guy who found out. He's at the bottom of the river.
[He grins]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bullets Over Hollywood (2005)
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Great film noir, superb cinematography, Bogart at the top of his game
B Windust and Raoul Walsh's direction is first class, B&W cinematography scintillating, good screenplay, Adelaide Klein's elegance and beauty is timeless, and Bogart in good form, ably supported by Mostel, di Corsia, and the rest of a robust cast.
Very neat ending, too.
Very neat ending, too.
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- Svedok mora da umre
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- $1,109,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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