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Plot

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. Upon meeting Drake's former girlfriend Coral Chandler (Lizabeth Scott), Murdock is thrown into a maelstrom of intrigue involving a crooked gambler (Morris Carnovsky) and a complex blackmailing scheme. The upshot of this is that Murdock finds himself the prime suspect in a murder.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
100min.
DVD Release Date:
01/14/2003
Distributor(s):
Columbia Pictures
Director(s):
John Cromwell
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart , Lizabeth Scott , Morris Carnovsky , William Prince , George Chandler
Themes:
Haunted By the Past,Amateur Sleuths,Dangerous Attraction,Femmes Fatales
Tone:
Bleak,Cynical,Downbeat,Gloomy,Menacing,Tense,Nocturnal
Keywords:
blackmail,conspiracy,cover-up,missing-person,murder,secret-marriage,veteran [military],war-hero
Language:
English