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Impact

Year:

1949

Duration:

111 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Arthur Lubin

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1949-09-26

Filming Locations: Brocklebank Apartments - 1000 Mason Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Brian Donlevy

Impact

Gertrude Astor

Ella Raines

Impact

Charles Coburn

Lt. Tom Quincy

Helen Walker

Irene Williams

Anna May Wong

Su Lin Chung

Robert Warwick

Capt. Callahan

Clarence Kolb

Darcy

Art Baker

Eldredge - Defense Attorney

William Wright

Prosecutor

Mae Marsh

Mrs. King

Sheilah Graham

Sheila Graham

Tony Barrett

Jim Torrence

Philip Ahn

Ah Sing

Glen Vernon

Linda Leighton

Miss Revere - Telephone Operator (as Linda Johnson)

Jason Robards Sr.

Judge

Erskine Sanford

Dr. Henry Bender

Ruth Robinson

Apt. Manager

Lucius Cooke

Burke

Tom Greenway

Moving Van Driver

Ben Welden

Moving Van Helper

Hans Herbert

Station Master

Joel Friedkin

Uncle Ben

Joe Kirk

Hotel Clerk

William Ruhl

Fingerprint Expert

Mary Landa

Della - Walker's Secrfetary

Harry Cheshire

Irene's Attorney

Phil Arnold

Diner Cook (uncredited)

Martin Cichy

Passport Clerk

Mike Donovan

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Martin Doric

Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Ferguson

Detective (uncredited)

Sam Finn

Reporter (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Reporter (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

Court Clerk

Sam Harris

Board Member

Arthur Hecht

Reporter (uncredited)

Thomas Browne Henry

Walter's Business Assistant (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Board Member

Wilbur Mack

Board Member

Thomas Martin

Reporter (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

Reporter (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Bob Perry

Wisecracking Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Pershing

Board Member

Hil Probert

Himself (gas station customer) (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Detective (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Board Member

Dorothy Vernon

Woman in Courthouse Hallway (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The William's Apartment building is the Brocklebank, most famous for its appearance in Vertigo (1958).

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Midway through the film, Walter tells Marsha: "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Later, when Marsha asks Walter if he's returning to hometown, Walter replies: "Wild horses couldn't drag me back there." Nearly 25 years after the release of this film, British group The Rolling Stones had a hit with the song "Wild Horses."

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The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

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Goofs

Marsha's position in relation to the car behind her changes in the scenes where she receives cigars from Ed.

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When Marsha tries to convince Walter/Bill that he has to return to San Francisco and tell his side of the story, the shadow of the boom is visible on the wall behind them.

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The width of the verge (side of the road) where Torrance stops the car to change the tyre is markedly different between the studio shots and the location shot.

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Quotes

Lt. Tom Quincy: Are you Ah Sing? Understand? You understandee English?

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Walter Williams: In this world, you turn the other cheek, and you get hit with a lug wrench.

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Marsha Peters: It's wonderful the way tools seem to come alive in your hands.

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