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The Enforcer

Year:

1951

Duration:

87 min | 85 min (TCM print)

Genres:

Drama | Crime | Film-Noir

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Bretaigne Windust

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1951-02-24

Cast

Actor

Character

King Donovan

Humphrey Bogart

Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson

Zero Mostel

Big Babe Lazick

Ted de Corsia

Joseph Rico (as Ted De Corsia)

Everett Sloane

Albert Mendoza

Roy Roberts

Capt. Frank Nelson

Michael Tolan

James (Duke) Malloy (as Lawrence Tolan)

Bob Steele

Herman (as Robert Steele)

Adelaide Klein

Olga Kirshen

Don Beddoe

Thomas O'Hara

Tito Vuolo

Tony Vetto

John Kellogg

Vince

Jack Lambert

Philadelphia Tom Zaca

Richard Bartell

Police Records Clerk (uncredited)

Helen Brown

Landlady (uncredited)

Benny Burt

Bit Man (uncredited)

Susan Cabot

Nina Lombardo (uncredited)

Danny Dayton

Digger (uncredited)

Tom Dillon

Policeman (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Sgt. James Dolan (uncredited)

Art Dupuis

Jail Keeper (uncredited)

Alan Foster

Shorty Schultz (uncredited)

Tim Graham

Police Chemist (uncredited)

Greta Granstedt

Mrs. Lazich (uncredited)

Eula Guy

Landlady - replaced by Helen Brown (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Music Store Clerk (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Policeman (uncredited)

Patricia Hayes

Teenager (uncredited)

Patricia Joiner

Teresa Davis / Angela Vetto (uncredited)

Pete Kellett

Intern (uncredited)

Karen Kester

Angela as a Child (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Detective (uncredited)

Perc Launders

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Louis Lettieri

Louis Lazick (uncredited)

Edwin Max

Sad Eyes - Undertaker (uncredited)

John Maxwell

State Asylum Doctor (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Detective Frank (uncredited)

David McMahon

Police Officer (uncredited)

George Meader

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Fire Chief (uncredited)

Jay Morley

Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Police Detective (uncredited)

Montgomery Pittman

Intern (uncredited)

Barry Regan

Intern (uncredited)

Dan Riss

The Mayor (uncredited)

Mario Siletti

Louis - Vetto's Barber (uncredited)

Robert Strong

Secretary (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

Police Chauffeur (uncredited)

Chalky Williams

Gangster (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

B.J. - Herman's Sidekick (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Passerby (uncredited)

Bud Wolfe

Fireman Finding Body (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

After several days of filming, director Bretaigne Windust fell seriously ill and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Humphrey Bogart asked his old friend, director Raoul Walsh, to come in and shoot the picture until Windust recovered. Unfortunately, Windust was more seriously ill than most realized, and his recovery took several months, during which Walsh finished the film. However, Walsh refused to take screen credit for it, saying that the picture was Windust's big break and he wasn't going to take it away from him.

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Everett Sloane, who plays the kingpin of the underworld in this movie, provided the voice of do-gooder Dick Tracy in the 1961 cartoon shorts based loosely on the Chester Gould comic strip.

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According to the New York Times' Feb. 16, 2014 article on films influenced by the Kefauver hearings, Sen. Estes Kefauver appeared in a prologue for this film.

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Goofs

When Rico gets in his car at the hideout on his way to fulfill a "contract" in the city, a crew member is visible in the reflection of the window of the car door as it is closed.

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Near the middle of the film the two young women are talking with each other outside in front of a house. After their conversation one of them walks toward the street. As she walks almost out of the picture you can see the shadow of the camera move across her body.

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Quotes

Joseph Rico: [to Babe Lazich] A blimp like you ain't got a girlfriend, have you?

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Babe Lazich: Who calls him on the phone?

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Joseph Rico: [after looking in] He's smiling at me...

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