A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Tommy Tyler
- (as Donald Smelick)
- Boy in Miller Car
- (uncredited)
- Man Exiting Optometrist
- (uncredited)
- Man in Crowd
- (uncredited)
- Barbara Colson
- (uncredited)
- Man on Street
- (uncredited)
- Vi Clendenning
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMartin Scorsese owned the only remaining 35mm print and authorized its use for the film's upgraded new print in 2013.
- GoofsDuring the opening credits, a shadow of a stage light and other equipment is visible on the first truck as it pulls out of the gas station.
- Quotes
Jerry Slocum: He averages twenty bucks an hour, five hours a night, you figure it out.
Howard Tyler: Twenty bucks an hour? What does this guy do? Run a diamond mine?
Jerry Slocum: What diamond mine? All he does is pick up five little cards. Just five little cards. Only he knows what they are before he picks 'em up.
Howard Tyler: That's some job.
Jerry Slocum: I know another guy that averages four, five hundred a week. Sometimes more. He'd be willing to split with the right partner. He's the guy I was thinking about for you.
Howard Tyler: For me?
Jerry Slocum: All you have to do is drive his car. Think you'd be interested?
Howard Tyler: What makes you think he'd want me for a partner?
Jerry Slocum: My personal recommendation. All you gotta do is drive his car. He does all the work.
Howard Tyler: What kind of work?
Jerry Slocum: Oh, you know, knock up a gas station, maybe a hamburger joint, a liquor store. Nothing risky.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Red Hollywood (1996)
Our protagonist is Frank Lovejoy married to Kathleen Ryan and is down on his luck with no job and one kid and a pregnant Ryan as well. His fast talking buddy Lloyd Bridges offers him a way to make easy money so Lovejoy becomes the wheel man in a series of stickups.
None of these are leading to the big time so they try a kidnapping,. But when they beat their victim to death the community is outraged.
The film moves effortlessly into looking at the problem from several angles. Lovejoy who is desperate to feed his family as opposed to Bridges who is just a punk. Yellow journalism in the person of Richard Carlson is also shown stoking the fires of a potential lynch mob. There's also a nice performance by Katharine Locke as a woman who Bridges sets Lovejoy up with as part of a plot is trick law enforcement into not suspecting them. She's such a sad sack of a human being yet very touching.
The same true crime story that was the basis for Fury is also the source for this film. The message about the need for due process and the rule of law is as clear as ever.
Don't miss this one when it's broadcast.
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- Jan 26, 2020
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1