Desperate (film)

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Desperate
Desperate movie poster
Directed by	Anthony Mann
Produced by	Michael Kraike
Written by	Harry Essex Dorothy Atlas (story) Anthony Mann (story) Martin Rackin (additional dialogue)
Starring	Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Cinematography	George E. Diskant
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Release date(s)	May 9, 1947 U.S. release
Running time	73 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Desperate is a 1947 suspense film directed by Anthony Mann.

[edit] Plot

Steve Randall (Brodie) is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend to haul some freight. Only when Steve arrives at the warehouse, does he realize that what he has been hired to haul away is stolen goods. A cop is killed when they bust in during the delivery.

Later, after kidnapping Steve, the criminals, led by Walt Radak (Burr), threaten to mutilate Mrs. Randall (Long) unless Steve confesses to a murder committed by Radak's brother during the theft.

Steve plays along with the criminals just long enough to escape. He takes his wife and leaves town with the couple being pursued by cops and the crooks.

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
Steve Brodie	Steve Randall
Audrey Long	Mrs. Anne Randall
Raymond Burr	Walt Radak
Douglas Fowley	Pete Lavitch, Private Eye
William Challee	Reynolds
Jason Robards	Det. Lt. Louie Ferrari