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Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jun 20197/10
It could be anyone's child, anyone's, no one is safe. M is directed by Joseph Losey and written by Norman Reilly Raine and Leo Katcher. It stars David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie and Raymond Burr. Music is by Michel Michelet and cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. Fritz Lang's original film from 1931 is a seriously classy classic, no doubt about it and although making a remake seems to many like birthing the devil's spawn, the 1951 version exists. How great to find that it's a very fine offering, one that was made at the right time (the film noir zeitgeist) and puts its own slant into the mix. Story here has been relocated to Los Angeles, where there's a child murderer on the loose and not only are the cops under pressure to capture the fiend, but also the criminal underworld since there's too much heat being brought into the vicinity of their operations. Narrative is structured in three ways, the operations of the police investigation, the criminal mobsters forming their own plan of seek and eradicate, and of course we follow the despicable actions of the killer, Martin W. Harrow (Wayne). Following closely from the original's template, Losey insti
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Cast
- David WayneMartin W. Harrow
- Howard Da SilvaInspector Carney
- Martin GabelCharlie Marshall
- Luther AdlerDan Langley
- Steve BrodiePolice Lt. Becker
- Raymond BurrPottsy
- Glenn AndersRiggert
- Norman LloydSutro
- Walter BurkeMacMahan
- John MiljanBlind Baloon Vendor
Crew
- Joseph LoseyDirector
- Norman Reilly RaineScreenplay
- Leo KatcherScreenplay
- Ernest LaszloDirector of Photography
- Michel MicheletOriginal Music Composer
- Edward MannEditor
- Seymour NebenzalProducer
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