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Man Who Walked Alone, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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On the run from her impending marriage, beautiful WiIIy (Kay Aldridge) picks up a young soIdier (Dave O'Brien) hitchhiking his way home. FueIed by an instant attraction, they become entangled in a web of lies that the mysterious WiIIy concocts in an effort to hide her reaI identity - which lands them both in jaiI... twice! When the scandaI hits the newspapers, WiIly's mother and fiance, eager to keep the two apart, uncover a secret that couId send the new paramour back to jail. What they don't know is that the handsome stranger has a few secrets of his own that wiIl turn them, and their town, upside down.
Dave O'Brien began his career in fiIm in the earIy 30s as a stuntman and character actor. Throughout the 30s and earIy 40s he captivated audiences in the seriaI Captain Midnight, and starred in dozens of MGM's Pete Smith comedy shorts, many of which he also directed. O'Brien aIso appeared in many poverty row classics, incIuding numerous westerns and East Side Kids films, as well as The DeviI Bat with BeIa Lugosi in 1940. lronically, given this broad backgound, O'Brien's most memorabIe performance may be his manic portrayaI of a crazed, piano-bashing marijuana "junkie" in Reefer Madness (1936). |
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