"MURDER at any moment! SUSPENSE... in every step!!!" 20 June 1947 Thriller, Crime 73 mins
An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
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Steve Brodie as Steve Randall
Audrey Long as Anne Randall
Raymond Burr as Walt Radak
Douglas Fowley as Pete
William Challee as Reynolds
Jason Robards Sr. as Ferrari
Freddie Steele as Shorty
Lee Frederick as Joe
Paul E. Burns as Uncle Jan
Ilka Grüning as Aunt Klara
Ernie Adams as Villager (uncredited)
Erville Alderson as Simon Pringle (uncredited)
Leon Alton as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
George Anderson as Man on Train (uncredited)
William Bailey as Traveling Salesman (uncredited)
George Barrows as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Anthony Mann Story
George E. Diskant Director of Photography
Martin Rackin Additional Dialogue
Michael Kraike Producer
Paul Sawtell Original Music Composer
Marston Fay Editor
Anthony Mann Director
Dorothy Atlas Story
Harry Essex Screenplay
Earl A. Wolcott Sound
Russell A. Cully Special Effects
Roy Granville Sound
Albert S. D'Agostino Art Direction
Nate Levinson Assistant Director
Walter E. Keller Art Direction
C. Bakaleinikoff Music Director
Germany 29 October 1971
United States 20 June 1947
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