Directed by:
Tay GarnettScreenplay:
Niven BuschCinematography:
Sidney WagnerComposer:
George BassmanCast:
Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Jeff York, Byron Foulger, Jeffrey Sayre, Harold Miller, Frank Mayo (more)VOD (1)
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The sign outside the roadside diner says Man Wanted. Drifter Frank Chambers knows the sign has more than one meaning when he eyes pouty, luminous Cora, the much-younger bride of the diners proprietor. Based on the same-titled novel by James M. Cain, this quintessential film-noir classic combines studio-system gloss with Cains hard-bitten tale of murderous attractions. John Garfield and Lana Turner give career-benchmark performances as Frank and Cora, illicit lovers who botch a first attempt to bump off Coras hubby, pull it off, betray each other at trial and yet wriggle free. But their volatile tale does not end there. As the films metaphorical title indicates, fate is sure to ring again. (Warner Bros. AU)
(more)Cast
Lana Turner
USA
Best movies:
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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
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John Garfield
USA
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Cecil Kellaway
South Africa
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Hume Cronyn
Canada
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Leon Ames
USA
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Audrey Totter
USA
Best movies:
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Jeff York
USA
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Byron Foulger
USA
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Jeffrey Sayre
USA
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Harold Miller
USA
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Frank Mayo
USA
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Edward Earle
Canada
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Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
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Brick Sullivan
USA
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Paul Bradley
USA
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Dorothy Phillips
USA
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Morris Ankrum
USA
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Charles Williams
USA
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Alan Reed
USA
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Dick Crockett
USA
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