Cops or no cops I'm going through!
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Cathy O'DonnellCatherine "Keechie" Mobley
- Farley GrangerArthur "Bowie" Bowers
- Howard Da SilvaChicamaw One-Eye Mobley
- Jay C. FlippenHenry "T-Dub" Mansfield
- Helen CraigMattie
- Will WrightMobley
- William PhippsYoung Farmer
- Ian WolfeHawkins
- Harry HarveyHagenheimer
- Marie BryantSinger
Crew
- Nicholas RayDirector
- Charles SchneeScreenplay
- Edward AndersonNovel
- George E. DiskantDirector of Photography
- Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
- Sherman ToddEditor
- John HousemanProducer
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