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Short Cut to Hell (1957)
Directed by James Cagney
Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1h 29m
A hitman is found out because he was paid off in traceable stolen money. On the run, he kidnaps the girlfriend of the police detective in charge of his pursuit; she tries to convince him to surrender before it's too late.
Cast
William Bishop
Sgt. Stan Lowery
Robert Ivers
Kyle Niles
Georgann Johnson
Glory Hamilton
Yvette Vickers
Daisy
Murvyn Vye
Nichols
Jacques Aubuchon
Bahrwell
Peter Baldwin
Carl Adams
Richard Hale
AT
Milton Frome
Police Captain
Douglas Spencer
Train Conductor
Sarah Selby
Secretary
James Cagney
Himself (prologue)
Crew
- Director
- James Cagney
- Screenplay
- Ted Berkman, Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett
- Novel
- Graham Greene
- Director of Photography
- Haskell B. Boggs
- Producer
- A.C. Lyles
Details
- Release date
- 1957-09-01
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- A.C. Lyles Productions, Paramount Pictures