Loophole (1954)
Desperate man on the hot spot... and only one way out!
Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from his job. He is then prevented from finding other employment by Javert-like insurance investigator Gus Slavin (Charles McGraw). Despite many setbacks, Donovan attempts to clear his muddied name.
- Date of release
- 1954-03-28
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Harold D. Schuster
Casting
- Barry Sullivan — Mike Donovan
- Dorothy Malone — Ruthie Donovan
- Charles McGraw — Gus Slavin
- Don Haggerty — Neil Sanford
- Mary Beth Hughes — Vera
- Don Beddoe — Herman Tate
- Dayton Lummis — Jim Starling
- Joanne Jordan — Georgia Hoard
- John Eldredge — Frank Temple
- Richard Reeves — Pete Mazurki / Tanner
Interesting facts
Loophole is a 1954 American film noir crime drama starring Barry Sullivan and Dorothy Malone. The film was directed by former editor Harold D. Schuster. Mary Beth Hughes plays the film's femme fatale. It was shot in black-and-white and produced by Allied Artists Pictures, a company that generally specialized in B-movies.
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