Mark Stevens, Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb

Mark Stevens stars as hardboiled private eye Bradford Galt, who relocates to New York City after serving two years in stir on a manslaughter charge. Framed by his shyster ex-partner, Tony Jardine (Kur...( read more  read more... )t Krueger), Galt soon finds himself set up again -- this time for Jardine's murder. Lucille Ball portrays Galt's adoring secretary, and Clifton Webb plays an unctuous art collector in this gritty film noir from director Henry Hathaway.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Henry Hathaway

Release Date: April 9, 1946

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DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005

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  • May 8, 2009
    A good little noir. I enjoyed getting to see Lucille Ball in a different light. She's good in this serious role. The private eye played by Webb doesn't seem all that great with his powers of deduction. Figuring out the mystery of who is trying to frame him takes a looong time...( read more). There appears to be a plot hole in the coincidence of the P.I. showing up at the art dealer's studio. Or maybe the filmmakers were trying not to be too obvious in putting the pieces together, since you never see the detective solve the mystery till it is too late. He's just stumbling through.
  • April 27, 2009
    this is good noir but lucille ball is annoying. she was a constant distraction. maybe it's just me :p
  • November 15, 2006
    A really great noir flick that no one's ever heard of. And it frightens me that Lucille Ball could actually be sexy.
  • January 23, 2009
    Well-plotted, low-budget noir with not one but three enjoyable bad guys, in fact all of them upstage the hero! I guess that's why 'Mark Stevens' is not one of those names spoken with reverence today. Bonus points for having Lucille Ball during her film career as smartmouthed se...( read more)cretary.
  • January 18, 2009
    Satisfying noir with Lucille Ball. From the creative team that made the classic "Laura."
  • October 25, 2008
    really, really great movie!
  • February 4, 2008
    i dunno...my cousin said i should see it :P
  • July 19, 2007
    All CLASSICS are GOOD
  • February 12, 2007
    A good, gripping film noir.

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