A detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.A detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.A detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.
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Ron Foster
- Scott Harper
- (as Ronald Foster)
Patricia Blair
- Holly Taylor
- (as Pat Blair)
Douglas Henderson
- Barney
- (as Doug Henderson)
Eve Brent
- Officer Lucille Barron
- (uncredited)
Henry Darrow
- 2nd Mexican Policeman
- (uncredited)
Abel Franco
- 1st Mexican Policeman
- (uncredited)
Joseph Hamilton
- Dewey
- (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
- Joe Harris
- (uncredited)
Ted Knight
- Lt. Dan Ivers
- (uncredited)
Gregg Martell
- Mick Borden
- (uncredited)
Howard McLeod
- Kurt Romack
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThat big convertible driven by Holly Taylor (Pat Blair) is a 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Convertible. Only 2,044 were made of this car that weighed over 2.5 tons and was nearly 19 feet long (5.77 m). MSRP was $7,056 ($71,000 in 2022) In excellent condition in 2022 an example of this car could be worth over $100,000.
The plumber's van is a 1960 Chevrolet C-10 Apache Panel Van. The big white car rented by Det. Scott Harper (Ron Foster) is a 1960 Mercury Montclair Sedan.
- GoofsAs pointed out by Eddie Muller on TCM's "Noir Alley": When Ron Foster is coaching Pat Blair in the motel room on how to avoid the police, he pushes her out the window. She lands outside in a completely different dress.
- ConnectionsReferences I Confess (1953)
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All It Lacks Is Time, Money, And A Script
Los Angeles police detective Ron Foster is assigned to a diamond heist. He falls in love with the heister's girl friend, Patricia Blair, who helped set up the job. Never mind, she's a perfectly nice girl, and there are also the diamonds, as Foster finds himself trapped in this brightly-lit noir.
It's one of almost thirty films directed by Edward L. Cahn over a three-year period, so if you're looking for a masterpiece, this ain't it. What you have is the bones of a good story, some performers who do their best with nonsense, and a behind-the-screen crew that could have managed something pretty good, were they given time and money: camera man Maury Gertsman, Grant Whytock supervising the editing. But with the studio system collapsing, people needed work, and when B-producer Robert Kent came a-calling, a man without a job could hardly say no. So everyone worked for a couple of weeks, and then went scrounging for the next dead-end job.
It's one of almost thirty films directed by Edward L. Cahn over a three-year period, so if you're looking for a masterpiece, this ain't it. What you have is the bones of a good story, some performers who do their best with nonsense, and a behind-the-screen crew that could have managed something pretty good, were they given time and money: camera man Maury Gertsman, Grant Whytock supervising the editing. But with the studio system collapsing, people needed work, and when B-producer Robert Kent came a-calling, a man without a job could hardly say no. So everyone worked for a couple of weeks, and then went scrounging for the next dead-end job.
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- boblipton
- Oct 23, 2022
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- Also known as
- Diamantia poukryvan to thanato
- Filming locations
- 10920 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, California, USA(Cherry's Motel)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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