Shoot to Kill

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Russell Wade and Luana Walters in Shoot to Kill (1947)

A woman apparently marries a corrupt deputy D.A. to get evidence that a certain criminal was framed for murder.A woman apparently marries a corrupt deputy D.A. to get evidence that a certain criminal was framed for murder.A woman apparently marries a corrupt deputy D.A. to get evidence that a certain criminal was framed for murder.

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Russell Wade

George Mitchell

Luana Walters

Marian Langdon
(as Susan Walters)

Edmund MacDonald

Lawrence Dale
(as Edmond MacDonald)

Robert Kent

Dixie Logan
(as Douglas Blackley)

Vince Barnett

Charlie Gill

Nestor Paiva

Gus Miller

Charles Trowbridge

John Forsythe

Harry Brown

Jim Forman

Ted Hecht

Al. Collins

Harry Cheshire

Mike Blake
(as Harry Chesire)

Robert Riordan

Ed Carter

Joe Devlin

Smokey

Eddie Foster

Bingo

Frank O'Connor

Deputy Clem Sparks
(as Frank O'Conner)

Sammy Stein

Blackie

Gene Rodgers

Self

Jessie Arnold

Political Speaker
(uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Police Chief
(uncredited)

Director
- William Berke
Writer
- Edwin V. Westrate
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Goofs
The car that rolls down the embankment in the opening scenes must have been a model car because when it overturns there is no apparent damage to the bodywork as would have been the case had it been a real car.

Quotes
George 'Mitch' Mitchell: I was having a little chat - with Dixie Logan
Lawrence Dale: What? But how could you?
George 'Mitch' Mitchell: Oh, it was easy. First he'd say something then I'd say something.

Soundtracks
Ballad Of The Bayou
Gene Rodgers Played His Own Compositions

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3/10

A Mediocre Minor Film Noir

This is a typical crime film noir of the 1940s time era - really run of the mill. Brings nothing new to the genre. Almost everyone is a crook in this one - except the news reporter (who knows he might be a crook too). Even the wife of the gangster/crook is a crook and her crooked husband was being frame for something he didn't do, but with all the lying and backstabbing in this film maybe he really did do it? You do have to pay attention to this film because there is a lot to it, a lot going on in just over an hour. It's very fast paced with lots of two faced double-talk, backstabbing, lying and murders.

I found it funny that the wife was happy being a crook's wife and her husband slapped her - that's when she suddenly woke up and decided to live a straight life (at least that is what we are lead to believe in the end).

I didn't like anyone in this film really - I couldn't feel sympathy with anyone. What I really wanted to do was to hand them all machine guns through the screen and let them have at it. The actors who played the characters are really flat. The story was a little bit interesting at times. At times, really good cinematography... mysterious looking.

3/10