The crooked way (DVD) / a United Artists release ; Benedict Bogeaus presents ; La Brea Productions ; screenplay by Richard H. Landau ; produced by Benedict Bogeaus ; directed by Robert Florey.
Publisher:
Kino Lorber Incorporated,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the radio play, No blade too sharp, by Robert Monroe. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949. Special features: trailers for A bullet for Joey, He ran all the way, and Witness to murder (misspelled on menu screen as Witness to murders). John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette, Charlie Evans, Greta Granstedt.
Summary:
Eddie Rice is a highly decorated and wounded war veteran who has lost his memory. As he heads to Los Angeles to try and figure out his identity, two police detectives arrest him. Turns out he is really Eddie Riccardi, a former employee of the notorious mob boss Vince Alexander. No one seems happy to see Eddie again and when he's framed for murder, Eddie must find the real killer and clear his name by navigating through the crooked underbelly of Los Angeles.
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