An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Cathy O'Donnell | ... | Keechie | |
| Farley Granger | ... | Bowie | |
| Howard Da Silva | ... | Chickamaw | |
| Jay C. Flippen | ... | T-Dub | |
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Helen Craig | ... | Mattie |
| Will Wright | ... | Mobley | |
| William Phipps | ... | Young Farmer | |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Hawkins | |
| Harry Harvey | ... | Hagenheimer | |
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Marie Bryant | ... | Singer |
| Will Lee | ... | Jeweler | |
| James Nolan | ... | Schreiber (as Jim Nolan) | |
| Charles Meredith | ... | Comm. Hubbell | |
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Teddy Infuhr | ... | Alvin |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Lambert | |
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In the '40s, three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Keechie. But his criminal companions persuade him to participate in several heists, and soon the police believe him to be their leader and go after "Bowie the Kid" harder than ever. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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escaped convict | fugitive | pregnancy | double cross | shot to death |Taglines:
"WE'RE IN A JAM! You're crazy to stick to me... but I'd rather die than let you go!" See more »Parents Guide:
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Opening credits: This boy . . . and this girl . . . were never properly introduced to the world we live in . . . To tell their story . . . See more »Soundtracks
Adeste Fideles(uncredited)
Attributed to John Francis Wade
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This is a very good film noir movie with excellent performances from the leads Farley Granger (of Hitchcock's "Rope" and "Strangers on a Train" and another great film noir movie "The Edge of Doom") and Cathy O'Donnell, whom I have not seen in any other role. Howard Da Silva also gives an excellent performance as a "one-eyed lush" of a gangster. I saw this movie as a teenager when it first came out and had not seen it since until recently, but I still think it holds up well as a movie well worth watching. Farley Granger, who tired of being cast as a "pretty boy" in trouble with the law and sought his fortunes elsewhere, in Europe, was a big loss to American movies.