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Summary
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+22)
Critics 100Audiences 78GoodWatch 87
Tomatometer100%
Audience score81%
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −23 min on the typical 106
typical 10683Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
Released
1953
August 21, 1953
73 years ago
Genre
CrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 15 more18 people
- John PayneErnie Driscoll
- Evelyn KeyesLinda James
- Brad DexterVictor Rawlins
- Frank FaylenStan Hogan
- Peggie CastlePauline Driscoll
- Jay AdlerChristopher
- Jack LambertMickey
- Glenn LanganLloyd Morgan
Eddy WallerPop Durkee
John DaheimBud
Ian WolfeWaldo Daggett
Peter LeedsNat Finley
William TannenDirector
Gene ReynoldsChuck
Ric RomanMonk
Vivi JanissEdna
Paul Bryar(uncredited)
G. Pat Collins(uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Phil Karlson Director
Writing · 2
- Robert Smith Screenplay
- George Zuckerman Story
Production · 1
- Edward Small Producer
Camera · 1
- Franz Planer Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Buddy Small Editor
Sound · 3
- Arthur Lange Original Music Composer
- Emil Newman Original Music Composer
- Lambert E. Day Sound
Art · 2
- Frank Paul Sylos Art Direction
- Alfred Kegerris Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Joe King Wardrobe Supervisor
Other crew · 1
- Dave Koehler Special Effects
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