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Charles D. Brown, John Ireland, Sheila Ryan

The first great period of Anthony Mann's career was the string of blackly brilliant late-'40s thrillers and crimebusting movies--T-Men, Raw Deal, Border Incident, et al.--that marked the full flowerin...( read more  read more... )g of film noir. We won't kid you: Railroaded was made just before Mann hit his spectacular stride--and just before the low-rent Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) evolved into the somewhat more prestigious Eagle-Lion. The rather plodding story line has to do with a young deliveryman's framing for a robbery and the incidental murder of a cop, and the slightly-at-cross-purposes efforts of his sister (Sheila Ryan) and a police detective (Hugh Beaumont, better-known as "Ward Cleaver") to clear him. Much more worthy of contemplation is the saturnine John Ireland as the principal evildoer, a small-time crook whose readiness to whack any number of people, innocent and guilty alike, gets creepier with each passing reel.

Mann hadn't yet teamed with cinematographer John Alton, and the lighting is generic--blah for the daylight scenes, merely murky for the night stuff. Still, it's gratifying to see that Mann on his own was already reaching for the occasional deep-focus composition, outré set piece (a shootout among upended stools in a darkened saloon), and surprising texture--like the close-up of a bullet hole in an alligator purse that announces a life lost, with chilling matter-of-factness, off screen and between scenes. --Richard T. Jameson

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Unrated, 74 min.

Directed by: Anthony Mann

Release Date: September 25, 1947

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DVD Release Date: January 18, 2000

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  • mjgildea
    December 6, 2007
    mjgildea
    Anthony Mann's direction is the only highlight of this justifiably overlooked, but biting example of film noir. It's a little too dark (visually, that is) at times for its own good, the acting's weak and uneven and watching Ward Cleaver kiss someone is just odd. The low budget an...( read more)d weak script definitely hurt Railroaded but it's worth checking out if you're an Anthony Mann fan.
  • alexroy69
    April 3, 2009
    alexroy69
    Plaisante surprise que ce petit film noir, simple mais fort bien exécuté. Malgré sa courte durée, on embarque tout de suite dans l'histoire, et l'intrigue est conduite avec intelligence.

    C'est pas mal tout ce qu'on attend d'un film noir, sauf que dans ce cas-ci, il y a quand mê...( read more)me un rapport bons/méchants bien défini. On peut prédire la fin ou à peu près, mais c'est juste tellement divertissant que ça ne dérange pas. Léger et efficace.
  • theturdkingofohio
    April 10, 2008
    theturdkingofohio
    Lamar Odom has no eyebrows.

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