Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning (1947)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (1,853 ratings)

In Dead Reckoning, Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) recites the film's plotline to a priest in the confessional. Murdock and Johnny Drake (William Prince) are Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, en route to Washington by train. Drake hops off and disappears, leading Murdock on a hectic manhunt.… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By
John Cromwell
Written By
Steve Fisher
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1947 Wide
On DVD
Jan 14, 2003
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies

    [A] deficient noir.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A bleak crime melodrama that is too complexly plotted for it own good.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Pretty good hardboiled thriller with Lizabeth Scott an OK stand-in for Bacall.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Pierluigi P


    Brilliant, pessimistic, enchanting and fascinating tone, noir at its best. as always, Bogart rocks in his antiheroism.

  • AJ V


    A good cast, but an average story, makes for an okay movie.

  • Bruce B


    Another Humphrey Bogart Film that is over the top. Returning home from World War II, Captain "Rip" Murdock (Bogart) and Sergeant Johnny Drake are due for the Congressional Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross. Johnny Doesn't want not part of it and bolts from… More

  • Ken S


    I wasn't a huge fan of this. The lighting and style were adequate, the Bogart and Scott were solid, the only stand out was the dialog. For Noir complete-ests only.

  • xGary X


    A marine freshly returned from service goes looking for his missing buddy and finds himself entangled in an old murder case. This film noir follows the formula almost to the letter, and has been copied and parodied many times since (most notably by Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and… More

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