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CRIME

FILM NOIR

THRILLER

Stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in Mexican border town.

name	character
Joseph Calleia	Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
Ray Collins	District Attorney Adair
Joseph Cotten	Coroner
Marlene Dietrich	Tanya
Zsa Zsa Gabor	Strip-Club Owner
Phil Harvey	Blaine
Charlton Heston	Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas
Billy House	Construction Site Foreman
Joi Lansing	Zita
Janet Leigh	Susan 'Susie' Vargas
Mercedes McCambridge	Gang Leader
Victor Millan	Manelo Sanchez
Mort Mills	Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
Joanna Moore	Marcia Linnekar
Lalo Rios	Risto - Grandi's Nephew
Michael Sargent	Pretty Boy
Harry Shannon	Chief Gould
Akim Tamiroff	'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Valentin de Vargas	Pancho
Dennis Weaver	Mirador Motel Night Manager
Orson Welles	Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Dan White	Customs Officer
Keenan Wynn	Marcia Linnekar's Attorney

name
Henry Mancini	composer
Whit Masterson	writer (original)
Rick Schmidlin	producer
Orson Welles	director, screenplay
Albert Zugsmith	producer