Guilty Bystander (1950)
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Directors
Joseph Lerner
Cast
Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland, Sam Levene
The story
Max Thursday is an alcoholic former cop working as a house detective at his pal Smitty's rundown hotel. Max's ex-wife Georgia visits him in a panic because their young son Jeff and her brother Fred Mace are both missing. She was warned to not inform the police by Dr.
Genres
Film Noir, crime film, film noir
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