I'll Get You for This

I'll Get You for This (1951)

Nick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American tourist, after she loses all of her money at the casino. Nick flees with Colleen after they are framed for murder and he tries to track down the real killer.

Date of release
1951-01-24
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Joseph M. Newman

Casting

Interesting facts

I'll Get You for This is a 1951 British thriller film by Joseph M. Newman starring George Raft, Coleen Gray, and Enzo Staiola. It was made from an adaptation by George Callahan and William Rose of James Hadley Chase's 1946 book of the same name. The setting was shifted from Las Vegas in the novel to an Italian gambling resort.

Production

Raft's signing was announced in November 1949. William Bowers was adapting James Hadley Chase's novel and filming was to take place in San Remo (Italy) and London. John and James Woolf of Romulus Films were to be co-producers. (Raft would go on to make several films in Europe.)

When Raft left for London in December it was announced that he would also make a second film for Kaufman, Montmare, about a Paris night club owner.

Joseph Newman sailed for London on January 12, 1950. Nadia Gray, Pat Roc and Joanne Dru were those offered the female lead before Coleen Gray took the role. Gray left for England i March 1950.

The film was made at Teddington Studios in London and on location around San Remo on the Mediterranean coast in northern Italy.

Peter Lorre was initially intended to appear as Massine, but the role eventually went to Charles Goldner.

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