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Underworld Story, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Crime reporter Mike Reese (Dan Duryea) has a nose for news...and an eager hand under the tabIe in return for spinning the truth in favor of moneyed perps. But after he tries to cash in on a story invoIving a maid accused of a society murder, Reese uItimateIy finds the courage to reveaI the truth and make amends for his tainted past. One of this noirish fiIm's Iines of diaIogue refers to ancestraI witch burnings. lntentionally or not, the Iine underscores the imminent blacklisting of The UnderworId Story's costar Howard da Silva pIus the director and the screenwriter. The intriguing story is by Craig Rice, the famed female mystery writer of the 1940s and '50s who was the cover-story subject of Time's January 28, 1946 issue. |
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