Number: 3189

Country: USA, 100 minutes
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Film-Noir
Director(s): Jean Negulesco
Video Codec: Unknown
Storyline:
G.I. Nick Blake, a never charged con man in his pre-military life, has just received an honorable discharge from the army on medical reasons. Rather than return to his old life, he plans to settle down in New York, his hometown, with his girlfriend Toni Blackburn and the small cache of money he amassed prior to the war: $50,000. When that plan does not pan out, he decides to head to Los Angeles with his con man friend Al Doyle and live it up until he decides on a more permanent course for his life. He is informed by Pop Gruber, an aging mentor doing solely penny-ante street cons now in L.A., of a potential big mark. Doc Ganson, a former con associate, found the mark, lonely widow Gladys Halvorsen worth $2 million, but does not have either the bankroll or the charms to carry out the con on Gladys himself. With Al running interference for him, Nick agrees both to bankroll and carry out the con, he negotiating two-thirds of the take for himself, leaving Doc and his two associates a ...
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Cast:
John Garfield
Nick Blake
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Gladys Halvorsen
Walter Brennan
Pop Gruber
Faye Emerson
Toni Blackburn
George Coulouris
Doc Ganson
Medium: Unknown,
Loaned: No
Aspect ratio: 4:3