Release Date: Jan 16, 1948 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 60
On the run from the cops, bootleggers Frankie Madison (Burt Lancaster) and Noll Turner (Kirk Douglas), find themselves racing up to an enormous roadblock. The two split up, agreeing that if one was caught, the other would operate their nightclub and save half the profits for his partner. The unlucky Madison is caught and when released from prison 14 years later, he returns to claim his money. Turner, never intending to split the money, tries to distract Madison by offering him the affections of
Jan 16, 1948 Wide
All Critics (3) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (0)
The film is entertaining because of the top-flight cast.
The actors are better than the script in this conventional noir. The story is a standard double cross scenario but if you're a fan of either Lancaster or Douglas or both this rarely shown drama will offer a glimpse of them at the beginning of their careers and both display the movie star charisma that put them on the
November 15, 2010
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