Backlash (1947)
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Directors
Eugene Forde
Cast
Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Larry J. Blake, John Eldredge
The story
Los Angeles police detective Jerry McMullen (Larry Blake) stops a car driven by lawyer John Morland (John Eldredge) to tell him of client Red Bailey's (Douglas Fowley) jail escape. Shortly thereafter, an armed Bailey flags down Morland's car, which police find wrecked, its driver's face beyond recognition. McMullen breaks the news to the lawyer's wife, Catherine (Jean Rogers), who identifies a ring on the body as her husband's.
Genres
Film Noir, drama film, film noir
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