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About
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Theatrical
Feb 13, 1955
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 1, 2000
Theaters
1
Director
Joseph H. Lewis
Producers
Sidney Harmon, Walter Mirisch
Studio
Security Pictures, Theodora Productions, Allied Artists Pictures
Quotes
See all →A Decision in a Dangerous Situation
Mr. Brown
Book me, Small Change.
Leonard Diamond
Alright, take him out, Sam.
Sam Hill
To the bullpen?
Leonard Diamond
No, back to the gutter.
Trial for Murder: A Tense Confrontation
Leonard Diamond
I'll wait until I can put you on trial for murder.
Mr. Brown
Whose murder, Lieutenant?
Leonard Diamond
Mine, if necessary.
Mr. Brown
Don't push too hard.
Leonard Diamond
It's my sworn duty to push too hard.
Mr. Brown
Diamond, the only trouble with you is, you'd like to be me. You'd like to have my organization, my influence, my fix. You can't. It's impossible. You think it's money, it's not. It's personality. You haven't got it, Lieutenant, you're a cop. Slow, steady, intelligent, with a bad temper, and a gun under your arm. And with a big yen for a girl you can't have. First is first, and second is nobody.
Changing Preferences in Fashion Choices
Mr. Brown
Where'd you get that outfit?
Susan Lowell
What's wrong with it?
Mr. Brown
I like you better in white. You've got a dozen white dresses. Why don't you wear them?
Susan Lowell
White doesn't please me anymore.
Mr. Brown
A woman dresses for a man. You dress for me. Go put on something white!
Reflections on Age and Capability
Joe McClure
I guess I'm getting too old to handle a gun.
Mr. Brown
Yeah, maybe you're just getting too old, Joe.
Cast
Full credits →C
Cornel Wilde
Leonard Diamond
J
Jean Wallace
Susan Lowell
B
Brian Donlevy
Joe McClure
R
Richard Conte
Mr. Brown
L
Lee Van Cleef
Fante
E
Earl Holliman
Mingo
R
Robert Middleton
Police Capt. Peterson
H
Helen Walker
Alicia Brown
J
Jay Adler
Detective Sam Hill
J
John Hoyt
Nils Dreyer
T
Ted de Corsia
Ralph Bettini
H
Helene Stanton
Rita
R
Roy Gordon
Audubon
B
Baynes Barron
Young detective
J
James McCallion
Frank - Lab technician
T
Tony Michaels
Photo technician
R
Rita Gould
Nurse
M
Michael Mark
Fred (hotel clerk)
B
Brian O'Hara
Attorney Malloy
S
Steve Mitchell
Bennie Smith, Boxer
