Desperate (film)

Desperate
Theatricl release poster
Directed by	Anthony Mann
Produced by	Michael Kraike
Written by	Story: Dorothy Atlas) Anthony Mann Screenplay: Harry Essex
Starring	Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Cinematography	George E. Diskant
Editing by	Marston Fay
Studio	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	May 9, 1947
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Desperate is a 1947 suspense film noir directed by Anthony Mann.^[1]

Plot

Steve Randall (Brodie) is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend to haul some freight. Only when Steve arrives at the warehouse, does he realize that what he has been hired to haul away is stolen goods. A cop is killed when they bust in during the delivery.

Later, after kidnapping Steve, the criminals, led by Walt Radak (Burr), threaten to mutilate Mrs. Randall (Long) unless Steve confesses to a murder committed by Radak's brother during the theft.

Steve plays along with the criminals just long enough to escape. He takes his wife and leaves town with the couple being pursued by cops and the crooks.

Cast

• Steve Brodie as Steve Randall
• Audrey Long as Mrs. Anne Randall
• Raymond Burr as Walt Radak
• Douglas Fowley as Pete Lavitch, Private Eye
• William Challee as Reynolds
• Jason Robards as Det. Lt. Louie Ferrari
• Freddie Steele as Shorty Abbott
• Lee Frederick as Joe Daly
• Paul E. Burns as Uncle Jan
• Ilka Grüning as Aunt Klara

References

1. ^ Desperate at the Internet Movie Database.

External links

• Desperate at the Internet Movie Database
• Desperate at AllRovi
• Desperate at the TCM Movie Database
• Desperate trailer at YouTube (illustrates expressionistic cinematography by George E. Diskant)