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Synopsis: War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. It seems Parkson is out for revenge because of something that happened in a German POW camp, and when a frightened Enley suddenly leaves for a convention in L.A., Parkson is close behind.
Director(s): Fred Zinnemann
Production: MGM
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
PASSED
Year:
1949
82 min
292 Views


No.

All right.

- Edith.|- Sit down, Frank.

It isn't that I don't wanna talk about it,|I just don't know how.

I know.

Neither do I.

But I've thought a lot about a lot of things,|since I saw you.

Ever since I first knew you, Frank,|and up until yesterday...

...I thought you were the finest,|most wonderful man in the whole world.

Just that.

Now, I know that you're|like everybody else.

You have faults and weaknesses.

If I hadn't been so young and silly,|I would have known it all along.

It wouldn't have been such a shock|to find it out now.

But that doesn't mean|that I don't love you.

Or that I don't want to be your wife.

Because I do.

You wanna see the paper?

Thank you, Edith.

Let's not try to think about it anymore.|Not tonight.

No. All right.

- Edith.|- Yes?

I think I heard the baby cry.

- I didn't hear anything.|- Go up and look, will you, please?

All right.

Frank!

This will be okay here.

- You're still two blocks from the station.|- Yeah, I know.

- Hi, Mr. Enley.|- Hello.

All you can do now, Miss Sturges,|is wait right here.

- We'll let you know if we find him.|- Thank you.

No, wait. I've come to warn you|about something, Joe.

After that, I don't care what you do.

Come on, please get back.

There's nothing you can do, stay back.

- Joe.|- I didn't do it, Ann.

I didn't do it.

Call the emergency hospital.

Never mind.

- It's Enley.|- What happened?

Some accident.

They were coming from the station.|He was hanging on the car.

Looks like a hold-up.

- Is he dead?|- Well, I saw him drop there...

- Well, you were here right?|- Yeah.

Who's going to tell his wife?

I will.

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Robert L. Richards

Robert L. Richards was a film screenwriter. Richards worked on a number of notable films of the 1940s and 1950s including Winchester '73, Johnny Stool Pigeon, and Act of Violence. His radio work included writing for the Suspense series which aired on the CBS network from 1942 until 1962. Among Richards' numerous Suspense offerings was his critically acclaimed neogothic horror thriller entitled The House in Cypress Canyon broadcast on December 5, 1946. Considered one of the tautest, most chilling dramas in the Suspense canon, the now classic show featured Robert Taylor, Cathy Lewis, Hans Conried, and Howard Duff in starring roles. Richards was blacklisted in Hollywood because of his left wing views. He wrote under various pseudonyms to get work, until he finally gave up and became a carpenter. He retired to Pátzcuaro, Mexico, where he died, still bitter about the career he had lost. more…

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