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Year:
Duration:
71 min
Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Don Siegel
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1949-12-26
Filming Locations: Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Robert Mitchum
Lt. Duke Halliday
Jane Greer
Joan Graham
William Bendix
Capt. Vincent Blake
Patric Knowles
Jim Fiske
Ramon Novarro
Inspector General Ortega
Don Alvarado
Lt. Ruiz
John Qualen
Julius Seton
Pascual García Peña
Manuel (as Pascual Garcia Pena)
Gregorio Acosta
Chaney (uncredited)
Salvador Baguez
Morales (uncredited)
Henry Carr
Bellhop (uncredited)
Edward Colebrook
Mexican Tourist (uncredited)
Bing Conley
Dockhand (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
Purser (uncredited)
Alphonse Du Bois
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Juan Duval
Vendor (uncredited)
Virginia Farmer
American Tourist (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
Pastry Vendor (uncredited)
Eliso Gamboa
Vendor (uncredited)
Raúl Guerrero
Pepe (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Madden the Guard (uncredited)
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Ted Jacques
Cole (uncredited)
Frank Leyva
Vendor (uncredited)
José Loza
Bellhop (uncredited)
Margarito Luna
Attendant (uncredited)
Primo López
Bellhop (uncredited)
Carmen Morales
Bit Role (uncredited)
Lillian O'Malley
Bit Role (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Purser (uncredited)
Beatriz Ramos
Carmencita, shopkeeper (uncredited)
Tony Roux
Parrot Vendor (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Dockhand (uncredited)
Dimas Sotello
Vendor (uncredited)
Arturo Soto Rangel
Pedro (uncredited)
Alfredo de Soto
Bit Role (uncredited)
Alfonso Sánchez Tello
Basguez (uncredited)
Jorge Treviño
Barber (uncredited)
Felipe Turich
Guitar Vendor (uncredited)
Juan Varro
Bit Role (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The shooting schedule had to be rearranged to accommodate Robert Mitchum's 43 day stay in prison for marijuana possession.
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Goofs
The initial scenes are set in the city of Veracruz, but were filmed in Tehuacán. While the action is still taking place in Veracruz, you can clearly see the name Tehuacán on a building.
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When Duke Halliday falls off the side of Jim Fiske's car, he lands on his left arm and is seen rubbing it. In the next scene, while speaking to Inspector General Ortega, Halliday is rubbing his right arm.
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Quotes
Col. Ortega: [talking to Lt. Ruiz] Once upon a time there was a little cat who had a little mouse right in his paws but he let the little mouse go that later he could follow that little mouse into a group of little "mouses"
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Lt. Duke Halliday: [to Joan] I'm the kind of guy who doesn't like to turn around, Chiquita. Besides, that there's a guy behind me with a gun. Remember?
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Joan Graham: ...I gave Jin $2000. I thought it was a fortune.
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Photos from cast
Dorothy Mitchum
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