After 5 years in prison, ex-cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter.After 5 years in prison, ex-cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter.After 5 years in prison, ex-cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter.
- Detective Connors
- (as Peter Hanson)
- George Pasmonick
- (as Peter Votrian)
- John Brodie Evans
- (as Rodney Taylor)
- Maitre d'
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe interior police station set is the same one used for Rebel Without A Cause (1955) which was released 2 months earlier.
- Quotes
Joe Lye: Think the old man will be getting here pretty soon?
Victor Amato: Why? You got something better to do?
Joe Lye: I didn't say so.
Victor Amato: That broken-down movie star waiting outside?
Joe Lye: She's retired, not broken-down.
Victor Amato: Sensitive about that tomato, ain't ya?
Joe Lye: Oh, Kay's alright.
Victor Amato: Good-looking?
Joe Lye: So-so.
Victor Amato: That where you were? Her apartment?
Joe Lye: Yeah.
Victor Amato: Doing what?
Joe Lye: Having dinner.
Victor Amato: For instance, like what?
Joe Lye: What's the difference, Vic? Couple of Martinis and steak, if you have to know.
Victor Amato: Martinis. Steaks. Fancy. Just like one of her old movies. Pretty soon, uh, you're liable to be hearing wedding bells.
Joe Lye: Not me, Vic.
Victor Amato: Good! Now, stay smart. Boy, you've got the life, Joe. Not like it was in the death house.
Joe Lye: Please, Vic. Lay off.
Victor Amato: Those guards told me how you used to pray every night. Get down on your knees like you were in church. Why'd you do it?
Joe Lye: I don't know. The place softens you up.
[he twitches]
Victor Amato: Ought to get that face of yours fixed. Twitches all the time. Looks lousy.
Joe Lye: I know, I know. Doc says I do it because I got things on my mind.
Victor Amato: Thinks you're nuts!
Joe Lye: [angrily] Cut it out, will ya, Vic?
Victor Amato: You shouldn't have worried in the death house. Didn't you know I'd spring you?
Joe Lye: Well, time was running out.
Victor Amato: So you wasted it, praying to the wrong people. You just keep praying to Vic Amato. Things will keep working out.
- SoundtracksThey Very Thought Of You
(1934) (uncredited)
Music and words Ray Noble
Sung by Joanne Dru in the nightclub (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
This film, like others produced by Ladd in the 1950s, including Delmer Daves' Western, "Drum Beat," has not appeared on DVD because, according to a Warner Bros Archives Edition executive, the Ladd estate has not permitted its release.
"Drum Beat" just appeared on Turner Classic Movies in its original CinemaScope format, but it was shorter than its published length of 111 minutes by at least four minutes. No US DVD release is imminent.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- The Darkest Hour
- Filming locations
- San Francisco, California, USA(Fisherman's Wharf)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1