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Backfire (1950)
Directed by Vincent Sherman
“That "White Heat" girl turns it on again!..”
Mystery, Crime, Drama · 1h 31m
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
Cast
Viveca Lindfors
Lysa Radoff
Dane Clark
Ben Arno
Virginia Mayo
Nurse Julie Benson
Edmond O'Brien
Steve Connolly
Gordon MacRae
Bob Corey
Ed Begley
Capt. Garcia
Frances Robinson
Mrs. Blayne
Richard Rober
Solly Blayne
Sheila MacRae
Bonnie Willis
David Hoffman
Burns
Monte Blue
Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
Russ Conway
Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Vincent Sherman
- Screenplay
- Lawrence B. Marcus, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
- Director of Photography
- Carl E. Guthrie
- Original Music Composer
- Daniele Amfitheatrof
- Editor
- Thomas Reilly
- Producer
- Anthony Veiller
Details
- Release date
- 1950-01-26
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures