He Doesn't Trust Anyone... Especially Women!
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.
- 6.8
- 1946
- Released
- 1h 40m
Humphrey Bogart
Capt. 'Rip' Murdock
Lizabeth Scott
Coral Chandler
Morris Carnovsky
Martinelli
Charles Cane
Lt. Kincaid
William Prince
Sgt. Johnny Drake
Marvin Miller
Krause
Wallace Ford
McGee
James Bell
Father Logan
George Chandler
Louis Ord
Matthew Beard
Bellboy (uncredited)
Ruby Dandridge
Mabel (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Police Officer Casey (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
William Forrest
Lt. Col. Simpson (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Raoul Freeman
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Joe Gilbert
Croupier (uncredited)Dick Gordon
Dealer (uncredited)Alvin Hammer
Photographer (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Lillian Wells
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released
en
- #dual identity
- #war veteran
- #hand grenade
- #femme fatale
- #film noir
- #told in flashback
- #medal of honor
- #paratrooper
Reviews
When his best pal absconds on his way to pick up a Medal of Honour, "Rip" (Humphrey Bogart) determines to get to the bottom of things. They'd been flown home from Germany and given some fairly VIP treatment, so there must have been a good reason for "Johnny" (William Prince) to do a bunk - but he did leave some clues, and as "Rip" attempts to piece things together he encounters his pal's love inte
Middle rank film, top Bogart. When Rip's (Humphrey Bogart) army pal Johnny does a runner from the train taking them to Washington, it's the start of a shadowy street search that Rip undertakes to find out why his friend would do that. It soon becomes evident that Johnny was not who he said was, something that makes Rip's journey one that will involve murder, deception and one hell of a dame.