Movie
Dark City
Overview
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-10-17
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Danny Haley
- Lizabeth Scott as Fran Garland
- Viveca Lindfors as Victoria Winant
- Dean Jagger as Captain Garvey
- Don DeFore as Arthur Winant
- Jack Webb as Augie
- Ed Begley as Barney
- Harry Morgan as Soldier
- Walter Sande as Swede
- Mark Keuning as Billy Winant
- Mike Mazurki as Sidney Winant
- Byron Foulger as Motel Manager (uncredited)
Crew
- William Dieterle - Director
- John Meredyth Lucas - Writer
- Lawrence B. Marcus - Screenplay
- Lawrence B. Marcus - Story
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