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Film Description

An army officer must clear his name after being framed for the theft of a payroll in one of the best film noirs (here colourised) from the 1940s.

 

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Director Don Siegel
Starring Robert Mitchum, Patric Knowles

 

Genre Classic Film

 

Country USA Language English   Year 1949

 

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Certificate PG   Length 72 mins   Label UPV
Cat No 8243460   Format DVD   Colour
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Article - "Robert Mitchum - Boxer, Hobo, Actor" by Sue Levan
Thursday 17th May 2007

Robert Mitchum was famously dismissive of his own profession. Indeed the title of his 1975 biography by Mike Tomkies was 'It Sure Beats Working’ which demonstrates the amused detachment with which Mitchum viewed acting. He felt he was one lucky guy to have dropped in...  View article in full

 

 

 

 

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