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Desperate (1947)
Director: Anthony Mann
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Mann's B thrillers are as tough and harshly stylised as they come. Here Steve Brodie and wife flee both the mob fingering him for murder and the law. Burr is a superb gangleader, and one scene - a beating-up in a dark basement lit by a single swinging light - is essence of noir.Author: SJ
Cast & crew
Director: Anthony Mann
Producer: Michel Kraike
Cast: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley, William Challee, Jason Robards Sr, Freddie Steele full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 73 mins
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