Dark City (1950 film)

Dark City
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Directed by	William Dieterle
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Written by	John Meredyth Lucas
Starring	Charlton Heston Lizabeth Scott
Music by	Franz Waxman
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	October 17, 1950 (1950-10-17)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Dark City is a 1950 film noir. The casting of Charlton Heston—in his first film appearance—as a petty hood is unusual in light of his subsequent career. The film also features Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, who both went on to co-star in Dragnet. The musical score was composed by Franz Waxman.^[1]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Plot

A group of hustlers take a man for $5000 in a poker game. When the man ends up killing himself, the heat is put on the gamblers in the game. The dead man's vengeful brother begins picking off the gamblers one by one.

Cast

• Charlton Heston as Danny Haley/Richard Branton
• Lizabeth Scott as Fran Garland
• Viveca Lindfors as Victoria Winant
• Dean Jagger as Capt. Garvey
• Don DeFore as Arthur Winant
• Jack Webb as Augie
• Ed Begley as Barney
• Harry Morgan as Soldier

See also

• List of American films of 1950

References

External links

• Dark City at the Internet Movie Database

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