The Long Wait
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| Directed by | Victor Saville |
| Produced by | Lesser Samuels |
| Written by | Mickey Spillane (novel) Alan Green Lesser Samuels |
| Starring | Anthony Quinn Charles Coburn Gene Evans |
| Music by | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco |
| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | May 1954 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 94 min |
| Language | English |
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The Long Wait is a novel by mystery writer Mickey Spillane made into a 1954 film.
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[edit] Plot
Johnny McBride is badly hurt while hitch hiking and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Two years later, a clue leads him to his old home town, where he finds he is a murder suspect. Johnny tries to clear his name of the presumed murder charges. Thugs working for the local mob boss try to end his meddling.
[edit] Reaction
Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward notes: "The inclusion of amnesia, giving the hero a sense of hopelessness compounded by the frustration of his loss of identity, instills a distinct existential bias into McBride's search. This attitude combines with a pervading sense of corruption and dehumanization to give The Long Wait a fatalistic noir ethos."
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Anthony Quinn | Johnny McBride |
| Charles Coburn | Gardiner |
| Gene Evans | Servo |
| Peggie Castle | Venus |
| Mary Ellen Kay | Wendy Miller |
| Shirley Patterson | Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith) |
[edit] References
- ^ Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward (1992). Film Noir An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style. The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5.
