World's Most Beautiful Bait!
Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…
- 5.9
- 1955
- Released
- 1h 17m
Frank Lovejoy
Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian
Mari Blanchard
Joanie Daniel
Richard Denning
Frank Daniel
John Mylong
Herr Koenig
Harry Lauter
Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
Steven Ritch
Ramon 'Ray' Torres
Louis Merrill
Herr Schmitt (as Lou Merril)
Vince Barnett
Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
Bar Patron (uncredited)
George Cisar
Don Gillen (uncredited)
Judy Clark
Singer (uncredited)Richard Emory
Doc Mason (uncredited)Joseph Glick
Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Roy Gordon
Richard V. Atherton (uncredited)Foster H. Phinney
Bar Patron (uncredited)Van Des Autels
John Hart
Released
en
- #film noir
- #murder
Reviews
This is just a bit too convoluted for it's own good. It's all about a scheme to retrieve some gold from Germany buried at the end of WWII by Richard Denning ("Frank"). Frank Lovejoy ("Stan") and his gal Mari Blanchard ("Joanie") are the pair trying to manoeuvre their mark into taking them back to find the loot, but they also they have an ulterior motive of which poor old "Frank" is unaware. It's g