I Walk Alone

1948

I Walk Alone

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Set during Prohibition, this crime melodrama tells the tale of two bootleggers and an upscale speakeasy. Rumrunners Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster have a thriving business until they find themselves racing up to an enormous police roadblock while running a fresh supply of hooch to their club one night. Realizing that all will be lost if they are both captured, the pair quickly make a pact. One will run on foot while the other drives to the roadblock. The one who successfully escapes is to maintain the club and save half the profits for the other. Unlucky Lancaster gets caught and spends 14 years in prison. He spends most of that time angrily dreaming of revenge and soon after his release, he sets out to get it. By this time, Douglas has turned the nightclub into a lucrative venture. Unfortunately for Lancaster, he is unwilling to share in the profits and quickly sets his accountant to doctoring the books to ensure that the vengeful Lancaster gets nothing. It's a big mistake on Douglas's part, and eventually, after much conniving, double-crossing and even a murder, he gets what's coming to him.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Classics, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Byron Haskin
Written By:

John Bright, Charles Schnee, Robert Smith
In Theaters:

Jan 16, 1948 wide
Runtime:

98 minutes
Studio:

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Burt Lancaster
as Frankie Madison

Lizabeth Scott
as Kay Lawrence

Kirk Douglas
as Noll 'Dink' Turner

Wendell Corey
as Dave

Kristine Miller
as Mrs. Richardson

George Rigaud
as Maurice

Marc Lawrence
as Nick Palestro

Mike Mazurki
as Dan

Mickey Knox
as Skinner

Roger Neury
as Felix

John Bishop
as Ben the Bartender

Bruce Lester
as Charles

Jean Del Val
as Henri the Chef

Gino Corrado
as George the Assistant Chef

Freddie Steele
as Tiger

Dewey Robinson
as Heinz

Fred Somers
as Butcher

Bruce Lister
as Charles

Charles D. Brown
as Lt. Hollaran

Wally Merrill
as Schreiber

Walter Merrill
as Schreiber

Bobby Barber
as Newsboy

Jack Perrin
as Policeman

Bert Moorhouse
as Toll Gate Policeman

Olin Howland
as Watchman

Jim Davies
as Masseur

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Critic Reviews for I Walk Alone

All Critics (2)

Now that I come to think of it, the whole melodrama, like [Kristine] Miller, is intolerably chic.

Apr 11, 2019 | Full Review…

Josephine O'Neill
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The film is entertaining because of the top-flight cast.

Dec 21, 2004 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Audience Reviews for I Walk Alone

Sep 22, 2012

"I Walk Alone" is an adequate film noir -- nothing too outstanding to make it worth remembering, but nothing so bad that it feels like a waste of time. Carefully plotted but blandly acted, "I Walk Alone" unravels in the same manner as most noirs, twisting and turning upon the actions of each character. Byron Haskin's direction is sufficient enough, but Lizabeth Scott underacts in most of her scenes and Burt Lancaster is either miscast or simply not believable. Kirk Douglas provides a deliciously snake-like performance, but even he cannot overshadow the bad acting of the film's leads. In the end, "I Walk Alone" isn't excellent cinema, but it works well for what it is.

Stephen E Super Reviewer
Nov 15, 2010

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 map.

jay n Super Reviewer