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In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried to the U. S. by unsuspecting overseas travelers.In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried to the U. S. by unsuspecting overseas travelers.In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried to the U. S. by unsuspecting overseas travelers.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Edward Astran
- Man at Line-Up Viewing
- (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
- Porter
- (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
- Spectator at Scene
- (uncredited)
Jack Carol
- Lab Technician
- (uncredited)
Michael Cirillo
- Porter
- (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
- Boy
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIn the final scene, where the car nearly drives off the end of San Francisco's still-unfinished Embarcadero Freeway, the car was driven by stunt driver Guy Way. Way's wife was in the car with him; he had told her that he was just going to drive the car near the edge of the drop-off--which was about 100 feet--and then stop. What he didn't tell her was that he was actually supposed to accelerate to top speed then slam on the brakes in order to stop just inches from the precipice. Director Don Siegel in an interview recalled that when the shot was complete, Way's wife was so traumatized by the stunt that she had to be dragged from the car, kicking and screaming hysterically. The couple survived but it is not clear if their marriage did. In addition to the stunt, Way was briefly seen at the beginning of the film playing the cab driver who crashes on the Embarcadero.
- GoofsWhen the passengers are disembarking the ship, Staples gives Dancer the address of the couple as "9020 Jackson". Dancer then relays it to his driver, McLain, as "2090 Jackson". McLain then drives to the correct house on 2090 Jackson Street, which was then being used as the headquarters of the California Historical Society.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Green Fog (2017)
- SoundtracksPolly Wolly Doodle
(uncredited)
Song first published Harvard student songbook in 1880.
Heard on calliope in museum
Featured review
Heroin from Asia is flooding into San Francisco, carried in souvenirs and curios packed by unwitting mules. When the mules arrive home to kick back after their peregrinations around the Pacific Rim, they are paid an unexpected and usually unpleasant visit by a team of psycho-killers named Dancer and Julian (Eli Wallach and Robert Keith, respectively), who collect the precious narcotic. Wallach is forever on the edge of detonation, so it takes the patient ministrations of Keith to soothe him down and keep him on task; their relationship suggests that of an old queen dealing with rough trade. (Their young driver, Richard Jaeckel -- best remembered as the young Turk in Come Back, Little Sheba -- adds to the homoerotic tone, as does a violent scene in a steambath). Don Siegel goads the action along and knows what he's doing every step of the way. The Lineup marks a no-man's-land between classic film noir, which had pretty much ground to a halt, and the flatter, faster and more sensational thrillers that the early 1960s would bring; in its more modest way, it foreshadows later movies like The Detective, Bullitt and The French Connection.
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- Also known as
- Der Henker ist unterwegs
- Filming locations
- Cliff House - 1090 Point Lobos Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA(Restaurant besides the Sutro Baths)
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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