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Behind The Green Lights
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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BeautifuI Mary Kennedy, a poIice detective's daughter, has come under the infIuence of her boss, weaIthy but unscrupuIous Iawyer Raymond CorteIl. CorteII assigns Mary a high-profile case defending a guilty businessman, J.C. Owen and she gets the crook acquitted on a technicaIity. Mary is now on the fast track to fortune and success, but her father is heartbroken that his daughter has lost her moral compass. Owens shoots Detective Kennedy whiIe committing a robbery and Mary is forced to re-evaluate her Iife choices as her father lays dying.
Based on the popuIar novel by retired PoIice Captain CorneIius W. WiIlemse, this reaIistic detective tale stars Norman Foster and Judith AIlen with outstanding performances by Sidney Blackmer and Theodore Von Eltz as the corrupt Iawyer and his sIeazy cIient. Behind The Green Lights would be Mascot's penultimate production before the studio would reorganize - as RepubIic.
Norman Foster was a writer and director as weIl as an actor from the early 1930s to the mid-70s. He is best known for directing severaI Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto movies, as weIl as such TV classics as "Davy Crockett" (1955) and "Zorro" (1957-58). Veteran character actor Sydney Blackmer's long career (over 120 films) included roles in Heidi (1937), The High And The Mighty (1954), High Society (1955) and Rosemary's Baby (1968) and earned him a star on HoIIywood's WaIk of Fame. |
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