Dead Reckoning (1947)

Plot Outline: A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow

Plot Keywords: Smoker / Seduction / Femme Fatale / Police / Night Gown



User Comments: Postwar Bogart in a Derivative Yet Gripping Film Noir




Humphrey Bogart … Capt. 'Rip' Murdock
Lizabeth Scott … 'Dusty' Chandler
Morris Carnovsky … Martinelli
Charles Cane … Lt. Kincaid
William Prince … Sgt. Johnny Drake
Marvin Miller … Krause
Wallace Ford … McGee
James Bell … Father Logan
George Chandler … Louis Ord


Director : John Cromwell
writer : Gerald Drayson Adams and Sidney Biddell