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Based On Novel Or Book | Film Noir
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Best Director | 1951 | John
Best Writing Screenplay | 1951 | John
Best Cinematography BlackandWhite | 1951
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1951
Best Screenplay | 1951 | John
Best Cinematography Black and White | 1951
Best Director | 1951 | John
Best Film from any Source | 1951
1950 | John
Best Written American Drama | 1951
The Robert Meltzer Award Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene | 1951 | John
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1951 | John
Budget 1,232,000 USD
The poster showing Marilyn Monroe in a purple dress was created much later, after she became a household name. Monroe was basically unknown when the film was made in 1950 and only has a very small role. She certainly wouldn't have been given top billing at the time. In fact, she wasn't named on the original posters at all.
When the film was being prepared for a British bow, the producers hesitated because it was so full of American slang. At the time, films heavy with slang were usually re-dubbed for English audiences. Gerard Fairlie, the British author of the "Bulldog Drummond" adventure stories, was called upon as a consultant, and he advised against re-dubbing, even though some words would go right over the heads of British viewers. The film was not re-dubbed and earned good box-office returns in England.
This movie marks the film debut of Jack Warden. He later starred in the short-lived The Asphalt Jungle (1961) TV series.
Marilyn Monroe regarded this as one of her best performances, particularly her final scene with Louis Calhern.
Both actor/director John Huston and star Sterling Hayden were members of the Committee for the First Amendment, which stood against the blacklisting of alleged Communists working in the film industry during the Red Scare. Huston had never been a Communist, although Hayden at one point had been.
"Doc Riedenschneider: One way or another, we all work for our vice."
"Police Commissioner Hardy: People are being cheated, robbed, murdered, raped. And that goes on 24 hours a day, every day in the year. And that's not exceptional, that's usual. It's the same in every city in the modern world. But suppose we had no police force, good or bad. Suppose we had... just silence. Nobody to listen, nobody to answer. The battle's finished. The jungle wins. The predatory beasts take over."
