Release Date: Nov 16, 1946 Wide
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Originally slated for release through Monogram Pictures, The Chase was ultimately distributed by United Artists. Adapted by Philip Yordan from Cornell Woolrich's The Black Path of Fear (a perennial of the radio series Suspense), the film stars Robert Cummings as Chuck, shell-shocked ex-GI. Tormented by bizarre dreams, Chuck is drawn into the orbit of racketeer Roman (Steve Cochran). Hired as Roman's chauffeur, Chuck deals as best he can with his boss' faithless wife Lorna (Michele Morgan) and
Nov 16, 1946 Wide
Aug 5, 2003
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This film noir is memorable for its dark dream-like feel, as reality becomes indistinguishable from the dream sequences.
This little crime drama has a romantic subplot to it. Its slow but interesting enough to keep you from turning it off. 1950's TV and movie comedian Bob Cummings had a life before TV in this film noir and melodrama that tried to be all things. A crime, romance, thriller, suspense drama that's refreshingly without the
June 8, 2011
Director Arthur Ripley has earned the reputation of a cult figure, especially through his direction of the Robert Mitchum moonshiner film "Thunder Road" (1958). But 1946's "The Chase" is probably his best and richest B-production. As a film noir, the movie has many of the style's formal and thematic preoccupations on
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