Undertow (1949 film)
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| Directed by | William Castle |
| Produced by | Ralph Dietrich |
| Screenplay by |
Arthur T. Horman Lee Loeb |
| Story by | Arthur T. Horman |
| Starring |
Scott Brady Peggy Dow Bruce Bennett |
| Music by | Milton Schwarzwald |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Editing by | Ralph Dawson |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Undertow is a 1949 thriller film directed by William Castle, starring Scott Brady, Peggy Dow, Bruce Bennett, Dorothy Hart and John Russell. It is the story of an ex-con, a former Chicago mobster, who is accused of the murder of a high ranking Chicago boss. The movie also marks the second film to feature a young actor named Rock Hudson and the first in which he received a film credit for his work.[1]
Plot
Tony Reagan (Scott Brady), a former Chicago mobster and ex-con, is vacationing in Reno at a lodge. He bumps into an old friend/former colleague from Chicago named Danny Morgan (John Russell). It turns out they are both engaged to be married.
On his way home to Chicago, Reagan shares the flight with a schoolteacher, Ann McKnight (Peggy Dow), someone he met at a Reno casino and helped win at the gambling table. Reagan arrives home and is met by the police. It seems that Reagan is a suspect as a potential trouble maker due to his past dispute with a Chicago mob kingpin, Big Jim, his fiancee's uncle.
The police put a tail on him, which he shakes on a Chicago elevated train. Reagan meets up with his bride-to-be, Sally Lee (Dorothy Hart). He tells her he will go to Big Jim to make peace. But when the uncle is murdered, Reagan is framed for the murder.
On the run from both the police and from the unknown murderers, Reagan enlists the help of McKnight and an old buddy, Charles Recklilng (Bruce Bennett), who is a detective. They discover the truth: Morgan is also engaged to Sally Lee, and together they are responsible for murdering her uncle and framing Reagan.
Reagan manages to clear himself, however, after which he and McKnight end up in each other's arms, bound to that lodge in Reno.
Cast
- Scott Brady as Tony Reagan
- Peggy Dow as Ann McKnight
- Bruce Bennett as Detective Charles Reckling
- Dorothy Hart as Sally Lee
- John Russell as Danny Morgan
- Dan Ferniel as Gene
- Thomas Browne Henry as Captain Kerrigan
- Charles Sherlock as Detective Cooper
- Gregg Martell as Frost, the short thug
- Robert Anderson as Stoner, the tall thug
- Rock Hudson as Detective with Detective Reckling
References
- ā Undertow at the Internet Movie Database.
External links
- Undertow at the Internet Movie Database
- Undertow at allmovie
- Undertow at the TCM Movie Database