Violence (1947)
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Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.
- Date of release
- 1947-05-09
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Jack Bernhard
Casting
- Nancy Coleman — Ann Dwire, alias Ann Mason
- Michael O'Shea — Steve Fuller
- Sheldon Leonard — Fred Stalk
- Peter Whitney — Joker
- Emory Parnell — True Dawson
- Pierre Watkin — Ralph Borden
- Frank Reicher — Pop, apartment concierge
- Cay Forester — Sally Donahue (as Cay Forester)
- John Hamilton — Dr. Chalmers
- Richard Irving — Protest Rally Orator
- Carole Donne — Beth Taffel, Borden's secretary
- Jimmy Clark — Joe Donahue
Interesting facts
Violence is a 1947 American drama film noir starring Nancy Coleman, Michael O'Shea, and Sheldon Leonard, and directed by Jack Bernhard.
Production
In July 1946, the Los Angeles Times reported that B&B Pictures bought the rights to John W. Stearn's novel Violence. Jack Bernhard planned on traveling to Chicago to talk with Stearn about the film and then on to New York to persuade Melville Cooper to star in it.
Later that year, the paper hailed the casting of Nancy Coleman as a welcome return to the screen after leaving Warner Bros. They also praised the "astuteness" of hiring Michael O'Shea. Walter Tetley was also reported to have joined the cast.
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