A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
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Classical in form, resolved, spare and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Ella RainesNoel Faraday
- Edmond O'BrienBob Regan
- William BendixLt. Damico
- Vincent PriceAndrew Colby
- Maria PalmerMartha Kroner
- John AbbottCharles Murdock
- Fritz LeiberLeopold Kroner
- Howland ChamberlainJames Nolan (as Howard Chamberlin)
- Tito VuoloEmilio Canepa
- Wilton GraffDistrict Attorney
Crew
- Michael GordonDirector
- William BowersScreenplay
- Bertram MillhauserScreenplay
- Irving GlassbergDirector of Photography
- Russell F. SchoengarthEditor
- Jerry BreslerProducer
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