"He wasn't a man; He was a way of life!"16 April 1948Drama, Thriller104 mins
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married.
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr.
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Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case.
Ruthless (1948) Part 6
Ruthless (1948) Part 6 Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer with Zachary Scott Louis Hayward Sydney Greenstreet Raymond Burr Diana Lynn Lucille Bremer Martha ...
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Before he gained fame as good guy Perry Mason Raymond Burr specialized in playing screen heavies. He was at this most ruthless in Anthony Mann's nifty film ...
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Synopsis: Often described as Ulmer's Citizen Kane this is alongside The Black Cat Bluebeard and Detour one of the Poverty Row king's very finest films.
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Ruthless (1948) Part 1 Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer with Zachary Scott Louis Hayward Sydney Greenstreet Raymond Burr Diana Lynn Lucille Bremer Martha ...
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Johnny and Banty come in contact with a cattlemen's protective organization. Ostensibly an honest venture, the association is the front for an extortion racket, headed by a gent named Carson.
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted.
Childhood friends move up the economic ladder from slumrat to middle class comfort, but the marriage between two of them is threatened by a bad woman from a nightclub.