Overview:
Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.| Status: | Released (1948-09-03) |
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| Screen: | Herb Margolis, Lou Morheim, William Bowers |
| Productions: | Universal International Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 70820: John Payne - Rick Mason
- 94097: Joan Caulfield - Deborah Owens Clark
- 64212: Dan Duryea - Silky Randall
- 7632: Shelley Winters - Tory
- 86168: Dorothy Hart - Madeline
- 89982: Richard Rober - Max
- 6836: Dan O'Herlihy - Duke
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- 30105: Frank Gross - Editor - Editing
- 109839: Lois Eby - Novel - Writing
- 43818: Leonard Goldstein - Producer - Production
- 94096: George Sherman - Director - Directing
- 103163: Irving Glassberg - Director of Photography - Camera
- 12350: Rosemary Odell - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 14498: Bud Westmore - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
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Poor old war widow "Deb" (Joan Caulfield) is hoodwinked into donating her savings to build a memorial to her late husband by the sharp "Rick" (John Payne). It turns out that there is no such edifice, but "Rick" isn't able to be quite as cold and calculating as usual. He starts to fal ....
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