After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.
- Grace Crocker
- (as Katharine Warren)
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Evelyn
- (uncredited)
- Juryman
- (uncredited)
- Journalist
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Talbot
- (uncredited)
- Airline Clerk
- (uncredited)
- Spectator at Coroner's Inquest
- (uncredited)
- Man in Crowd
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaUncredited producer John Huston conceived this project as a star vehicle for his estranged wife, Evelyn Keyes, as a sort of parting gift. She had long complained about her lack of challenging roles while under contract at Columbia. They were divorced by the time production began.
- GoofsWebb tells Susan the birth of their baby will increase the ghost town's population by 33-1/3%. The birth will increase the population by 50% because the population will go from two to three.
- Quotes
Webb Garwood: [working on picking the lock of her husband's storage box] Does he keep everything locked up?
Susan Gilvray: Mostly.
Webb Garwood: You, too?
Susan Gilvray: That's a leading question.
Webb Garwood: Ha, probably does. A mean, jealous guy like that wants his wife all to himself. I can't say I blame him, though. I'd do the same myself...
Webb Garwood: [managing to pick the lock and open the storage box] There. See how silly it is to keep things locked up?
Susan Gilvray: Maybe. But it did delay you for a little while.
Webb Garwood: Is that all he wants, just to delay things?
Susan Gilvray: Sometimes a little delay does the trick.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Kika (1993)
Usually you can see some good or mitigating factors in a film villain, but Webb is bad to the bone. He thinks he's been the victim all of his life, and he hates being "just another dumb cop". And Susan buys his lines. Did he plan what happened all along? I don't know, but I don't see how he could have figured it any other way.
But then a monkey wrench gets thrown into his path that will tell the whole world what he is just when he thinks he is home free. But this is the production code era, so it had to be that way. But at least the way he is found out is rather unique. With John Maxwell as Bud Crocker, Webb's cop friend/partner who would drive anyone crazy with his endless dull talk about rocks.
Highly recommended for those of you who like film noirs.
- AlsExGal
- May 25, 2019
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Cost of Living
- Filming locations
- Calico Ghost Town, Yermo, California, USA(where Webb and Susan live when she is pregnant)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1