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Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...
Theatrical
May 26, 1948
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 26, 2002
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producer
Edward Small
Music
Studio
Edward Small Productions, Eagle-Lion Films (US)
Quotes
See all →Comfort in Times of Distress
Ann
Joe, darling...
[as Joe lies on the ground, mortally injured]
Joe
Hey, hey... none of that. Don't cry. I got my breath of fresh air.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Conversation on Building Strategies
Fantail
Hey, Grimmy, watch this... I can never get it more than two stories high.
[trying to build a house of cards; the house of cards collapses]
Grimshaw
Why don't you just build bungalows?
Fantail
Why don't you just take that hole in your head and close it?
[glares at him]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →D
Dennis O'Keefe
Joe Sullivan
C
Claire Trevor
Pat Cameron
M
Marsha Hunt
Ann Martin
J
John Ireland
Fantail
R
Raymond Burr
Rick Coyle
C
Curt Conway
Spider
C
Chili Williams
Marcy
R
Richard Fraser
Fields
W
Whit Bissell
Murderer
C
Cliff Clark
Gates
G
Gregg Barton
R
Robert Bice
D
David Clarke
V
Victor Cutler
A
Alexis Davidoff
A
Abe Dinovitch
T
Tom Fadden
V
Vincent Graeff
I
Ilka Grüning
F
Frank Hyers
