Summary
When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 45GoodWatch 45
Letterboxd · 716 ratings2.9/5
IMDb5.5
Audience score21%
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −21 min on the typical 106
typical 10685Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 138 countries
+128Released
1946
January 25, 1946
80 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
SpanishMade in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Léonide Moguy Director
Writing · 2
- Philip Yordan Screenplay
- Maritta M. Wolff Novel
Production · 1
- Seymour Nebenzal Producer
Camera · 1
- Russell Metty Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Gregg Tallas Editor
Sound · 1
- Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Rudi Feld Art Direction
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