USA, 1944
65m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American fantasy film directed by Julien Duvivier and Reginald Le Borg.
Plot Summary
Bank robbers Cliff Banks and Sam Baker separate as they are pursued by the police and Banks finds himself reflecting on the events that led him into a life of crime. He winds up in in the small town of Paradise Valley where he tries to scam the seemingly naïve locals, but his ways may be changed by his intended victim, a young blind farmer’s daughter named Jane who possesses strange psychic powers.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directors: Julien Duvivier, Reginald Le Borg
Universal Pictures
Producer: Howard Benedict
Associate Producer: Roy William Neill
Script: Roy Chanslor, Ernest Pascal
Assistant Director: Seward Webb
Directors of Photography: Paul Ivano, George Robinson
Editor: Paul Landres
Music: Frank Skinner, Alexander Tansman
Sound: Wm. Hedgcock
Art Directors: John B. Goodman, Abraham Grossman, Richard Riedel
Cast
Gloria Jean (Jane)
Alan Curtis (Cliff Banks)
Frank Craven (Clem)
Grace McDonald (Betty)
Vivian Austin (Phyllis)
Frank Fenton (Sam)
Minna Gombell (Marie)
Selmer Jackson (warden)
Louis Wood (prison guard)
Perc Launders (sergeant)
Harry Strang (Sergeant Bronson)
Lane Chandler (patrolman)
Billy Wayne (bartender)
Robert Homans (Grogan the watchman)
Bill Hall (2nd motorcycle cop)
Alternative Titles
The Fugitive – USA
Takaisin elämään – Finland
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein 1967 Annual p.38
- Cinefocus vol.3 (1995) pp.34-41 – illustrated article (“Femmes vivantes” and the Marginalized Feminine “Other” in the Films of Reginald LeBorg by Wheeler Winston Dixon)
- Kinematograph Weekly no.2000 (16 August 1945)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.12 no.140 (August 1945) p.96
- Motion Picture Herald vol.157 no.10 (9 December 1944)
- New York Motion Picture Critics Reviews vol.2 no.4 (12 February 1945) pp.473, 474 – credits, review compilation
- Today’s Cinema vol.65 n5225 (14 August 1945)
Books
- Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.114
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.95 – credits
- Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films 1931-1946 (2nd edition) by Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas and John Brunas pp.463-468 – illustrated credits, article, review
