1941 (January) A Warner Bros. First National Production Produced by Hal B. Wallis Directed by Raoul Walsh Written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett from a novel by W.R. Burnett Photographed by Tony Gaudio Music by Adolph Deutsch 100 minutes (edited to 96 minutes for the 1948 re-release) Starring Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Jerome Cowan, Minna Gomball, Barton MacLane, Elizabeth Risdon, Cornel Wilde, Donald MacBride, Paul Harvey Classic gangster flick, with Humphrey Bogart as Roy Earle, an aging Indiana bankrobber, just released from prison. Ida Lupino is Marie Garson, the dime-and-dance girl who fancies him; and Joan Leslie, Velma Goodshoe, the clubfooted innocent he idealizes and decides to help. Roy pulls his final job at a California resort, intending to use his share of the loot to settle down to a happy domestic life with Velma. But things go terribly wrong, and Roy and Marie become desperate fugitives hunted by the police and demonized by the news media. Roy risks his life to see Velma one last time, but finds that she has changed for the worse since he paid for an operation to fix her foot. Bitter and disappointed, Roy casts his lot in with the loyal Marie. They will meet their fate together. Praised by critics and endorsed by the public, the movie helped the careers of all involved, including Joan Leslie, in her feature debut as a Warners contract player. As Velma, Joan goes from sweet to not-so-sweet, an acting challenge that few of her later roles for Warners would provide her. Bogart and Lupino click marvellously together, despite reports of off-screen feuding, and the scene in which Marie and Velma size each other up is priceless. Wrote the reviewer for the New York Times: "As gangster pictures go, this one has everything -- speed, excitement, suspense, and that ennobling suggestion of futility which makes for irony and poetry." Very highly recommended. Pic #1 Favorite Joan Leslie Film Select your favorite Joan Leslie film here. High Sierra The Great Mr. Nobody The Wagons Roll at Night Sergeant York The Male Animal Yankee Doodle Dandy The Hard Way This Is the Army The Sky's the Limit Thank Your Lucky Stars Hollywood Canteen Where Do We Go From Here? Rhapsody in Blue Too Young to Know Cinderella Jones Two Guys from Milwaukee Repeat Performance Northwest Stampede The Skipper Surprised His Wife Man in the Saddle The Woman They Almost Lynched Flight Nurse Jubilee Trail Hell's Outpost Other Current Results [Sign My Guestbook] [View My Guestbook]