Blackmail (1947 film)

Blackmail
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lesley Selander
Produced by	William J. O'Sullivan
Screenplay by	Royal K. Cole Albert DeMond
Story by	Robert Leslie Bellem
Starring	William Marshall Adele Mara Ricardo Cortez
Music by	Mort Glickman
Cinematography	Reggie Lanning
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	July 24, 1947 (1947-07-24) (United States)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Blackmail is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Lesley Selander starring William Marshall, Adele Mara and Ricardo Cortez.^[1] The lead character is based on a pulp magazine hero Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective.

Plot

A shamus is approached by an entertainment executive to stop a blackmail plot against him.

Cast

William Marshall as Dan Turner
Adele Mara as Sylvia Duane
Ricardo Cortez as Ziggy Cranston
Grant Withers as Police Inspector Donaldson
Stephanie Bachelor as Carla
Richard Fraser as Antoine le Blanc
Roy Barcroft as Spice Kellaway
George J. Lewis as Blue Chip Winslow
Gregory Gaye as Jervis
Tristram Coffin as Pinky
Eva Novak as Mamie, the Maid
Bud Wolfe as Gomez

Reception

When released the New York Times gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Evidently the writers and/or Republic, the manufacturer, were convinced that some fast dialogue would enhance the rather confused goings on. But this yarn about a California playboy who becomes involved with shakedown artists and is aided by a brash, private investigator needed more than an occasional bright quip to keep things clear and moving."^[2]

References

↑ Blackmail at the Internet Movie Database.
↑ The New York Times film review, August 5, 1947. Last accessed: February 26, 2011.

External links

Blackmail at the Internet Movie Database
Blackmail at AllMovie
Blackmail at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Lesley Selander

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Hopalong Rides Again (1937)
The Barrier (1937 film) (1937)
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Heart of Arizona (1938)
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The Mysterious Rider (1938)
The Frontiersmen (1938)
Sunset Trail (1939)
Silver on the Sage (1939)
Heritage of the Desert (1939)
Renegade Trail (1939)
Range War (1939)
Santa Fe Marshal (1940)
Hidden Gold (1940)
Stagecoach War (1940)
Cherokee Strip (1940)
Three Men from Texas (1940)
Doomed Caravan (1941)
The Round Up (1941)
Pirates on Horseback (1941)
Wide Open Town (1941)
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Riders of the Timberline (1941)
Undercover Man (1942)
Lost Canyon (1942)
Red River Robin Hood (1942)
Thundering Hoofs (1942)
Border Patrol (1943)
Bar 20 (1943)
Colt Comrades (1943)
Buckskin Frontier (1943)
Riders of the Deadline (1943)
Forty Thieves (1944)
Call of the Rockies (1944)
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