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Backfire

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Original title

Backfire

Year

1950

Running time

91 min.

Country

United States

Director

Vincent Sherman

Screenwriter

Larry Marcus, Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff. Story: Larry Marcus

Cast

Music

Daniele Amfitheatrof, Max Steiner

Cinematography

Carl E. Guthrie (B&W)

Producer

Warner Bros.

Genre

Film noir. Mystery. Drama | Crime

Synopsis

Bob Corey, recovering from a series of operations in a Veterans' hospital, learns that his friend, Steve Connally, with whom he intended to buy a ranch, has disappeared under circumstance that indicate he may have been involved in a murder. Accompianied by his nurse, Julie Benson, with whom he has fallen in love, Bob follows a series of clues and incidents, including three more murders, that leads to a gambler, masquerading as an undertaker to avoid taxes on his illegal income, has a whole lot to do with his friend's predicament.

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Backfire

1950

Vincent Sherman

6.3

(89)