A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
- Man at Line-Up
- (uncredited)
- Man
- (uncredited)
- Woman
- (uncredited)
- Passerby On Sidewalk
- (uncredited)
- Woman
- (uncredited)
- Man
- (uncredited)
- Mrs. Fitzpatrick
- (uncredited)
- Woman at Darr Murder Scene
- (uncredited)
- Rookie Cop
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAfter making this film, Adolphe Menjou, a very vocal anti-communist, was asked why he agreed to work with director Edward Dmytryk, who had been blacklisted for his communist sympathies. Menjou replied, "Because I'm a whore".
- GoofsLate in the film, Eddie is seen crouched and aiming for a kill shot on a smokestack painter. The painter throws his pail of white paint onto the street below to get the attention of the people below who could not hear him and the pail and its contents splatter on the ground. After Eddie shoots the man and the camera returns to the street, the pavement is unmarked.
- Quotes
Police Photographer: [Referring to photographing the dead body] How about one with the sheet off, Lieutenant? Just one, that's all.
Police Lt. Frank Kafka: Not a chance!
Police Photographer: Why not? What's the matter?
Police Lt. Frank Kafka: Listen, food's too expensive to spoil people's appetite for breakfast. I wouldn't want a dead girl on my front page.
Police Photographer: You've got one anyway.
Police Lt. Frank Kafka: I don't like dead girls on the front page or anywhere else.
Police Sgt. Joe Ferris: [Interjecting] Should've been with me last night. You wouldn't have liked a couple of live ones. I had a lot of trouble last night.
- Crazy creditsA word about the picture which follows: High among police problems is that of the sex criminal, responsible last year alone for offenses which victimized 31,175 women. Adequate and understanding laws do not exist. Law enforcement is helpless. Here, in terms of one case, is the story of a man whose enemy was womankind.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Green Fog (2017)
- SoundtracksPennies from Heaven
(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Johnston
Words by Johnny Burke (1936)
Played by Marie Windsor in piano bar
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1