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Dead Reckoning ()

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A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.
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Rip Murdock
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Coral Chandler
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Martinelli
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Lt. Kincaid
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Johnny Drake
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Krause
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McGee
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Father Logan
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Louis Ord
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Bellboy (uncredited)
John Bohn ...
Croupier (uncredited)
Paul Bradley ...
Man (uncredited)
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Mrs. Simpson - Lt. Col. Simpson's Wife (uncredited)
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Mabel (uncredited)
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Croupier (uncredited)
Harry Denny ...
Dealer (uncredited)
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Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
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Priest (uncredited)
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Police Officer Casey (uncredited)
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Ed (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sam Finn ...
Raker (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Lt. Col. Simpson (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Kay Garrett ...
Dealer (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert ...
Croupier (uncredited)
Alyce Goering ...
Woman (uncredited)
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Dealer (uncredited)
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Surgeon (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Waiter at The Dixie (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
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Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Hugh Hooker ...
Bellboy (uncredited)
Charles Jordan ...
Mike (uncredited)
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Stewart (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Bandleader (uncredited)
Robert Ryan ...
Detective (uncredited)
Jack Santoro ...
Raker (uncredited)
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Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
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Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Lillian Wells ...
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
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Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Cromwell

Written by

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Oliver H.P. Garrett ... (screen play) &
Steve Fisher ... (screen play)
 
Allen Rivkin ... (adaptation)
 
Gerald Drayson Adams ... (story) (as Gerald Adams) &
Sidney Biddell ... (story)

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Sidney Biddell ... producer

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Marlin Skiles

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Leo Tover ... director of photography

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Gene Havlick

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Stephen Goosson
Rudolph Sternad

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Louis Diage

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Jean Louis ... (gowns)

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Clay Campbell ... makeup artist
Helen Hunt ... hair stylist

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Seymour Friedman ... assistant director

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Eric Rohman ... poster artist : Sweden (uncredited)

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Jack A. Goodrich ... sound recordist (as Jack Goodrich)

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Hugh Hooker ... stunts (uncredited)

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Ned Scott ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Morris Stoloff ... musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
Joseph Dubin ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Arthur Morton ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Mike Morelli ... stand-in: Humphrey Bogart (uncredited)
Bette Orsini ... stand-in: Lizabeth Scott (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are en route to Washington when Johnny disappears and then turns up dead. Rip learns that Johnny had been accused of murder and sets out to find out what he can. He falls in love with Coral whose husband Johnny is supposed to have killed. Written by Ed Stephan

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Taglines He Doesn't Trust Anyone . . . especially Women ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • John Cromwell's Dead Reckoning (United States)
  • John Cromwell's Dead Reckoning (United Kingdom)
  • En marge de l'enquête (France)
  • Venjança mortal (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Callejón sin salida (Spain)
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  • 100 min
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Trivia The role of Coral Chandler was originally intended for Rita Hayworth, but she already had been cast by her estranged husband, Orson Welles for the role of Elsa in The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Also, according to Ben Mankiewicz's introduction to this movie on TCM, Ms. Hayworth was engaged in a contract dispute with the studio at the time, and refused the role. See more »
Goofs Capt. Murdock is looking through a directory that is in alphabetical order, except the Municipal Laboratory is listed before Morgue. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into This Is It (2009). See more »
Soundtracks Either It's Love or It Isn't See more »
Quotes Rip Murdock: You know, the trouble with women is they ask too many questions. They should spend all their time just being beautiful.
Coral Chandler: And let the men do the worrying.
Rip Murdock: Yeah. You know, I've been thinking: women ought to come capsule-sized, about four inches high. When a man goes out of an evening, he just puts her in his pocket and takes her along with him, and that way he knows exactly where she is. He gets to his favorite restaurant, he puts her on the table and lets her run around among the coffee cups while he swaps a few lies with his pals...
Coral Chandler: Why...
Rip Murdock: Without danger of interruption. And when it comes that time of the evening when he wants her full-sized and beautiful, he just waves his hand and there she is, full-sized.
Coral Chandler: Why, that's the most conceited statement I've ever heard.
Rip Murdock: But if she starts to interrupt, he just shrinks her back to pocket-size and puts her away.
Coral Chandler: I understand. What you're saying is: women are made to be loved.
Rip Murdock: Is THAT what I'm saying?
Coral Chandler: Yes, it's a confession. A woman may drive you out of your mind, but you wouldn't trust her, and because you couldn't put her in your pocket, you get all mixed up.
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