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Shoot to Kill
USA 1947
produced by William Berke for Lippert Pictures
directed by William Berke
starring Russell Wade, Luana Walters (as Susan Walters), Edmund MacDonald, Robert Kent (as Douglas Blackley), Vince Barnett, Nestor Paiva, Charles Trowbridge, Harry Brown, Ted Hecht, Harry Cheshire, Joe devlin, Eddie Foster, Frank O'Connor, Sammy Stein, Robert Riordan, Gene Rodgers, Stanley Blystone, John Elliott
written by Edwin V. Westrate, music by Darrell Calger, Gene Rodgers
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Larry Dale (Edmund MacDonald), designated district attorney, has just
sentenced Dixie Logan (Robert Kent) to a life in prison, for a crime Logan
claims he didn't commit - and when he's dragged off to the slammer, he
swears revenge.
A short time later, Larry employs Marion (Luana Walters), a woman he
has impressed by his handling of the Logan case, as his new secretary, and
eventually the two fall in love and marry - but in their wedding night
Marion shows her real face: she has never loved him but has married him to
force him to clean up the city, and she has good knowledge about his
crooked deals with local crime kingpin Gus Miller (Nestor Paiva) and his
involvement with all sorts of crime - which of course makes him the
perfect (inside-) man to clean everything up. She also knows that he only
married her because as his wife she isn't allowed to testify against her
husband - but she has already gathered enough evidence that her
testimonial won't even be necessary.
When Larry fails to really clean up the city though, Marion decides to
just send her evidence to the authorities anyways - which is when Dixie
Logan, who has long broken out of jail, arrives on the scene, and he
turnss out to not only be Marion's husband but also the justice of peace
who married Marion and Larry, so their marriage was never legal in the
first place. But when Dixie learns Marion has sent all her evidence to the
authorities, he finds himself crossed, bacause he wanted to use the
evidence to force Larry to make him crime kingpin - and suddenly Larry and
Dixie turn against Marion, take her on a ride ... and their car crashes,
which kills both Larry and Dixie but leaves Marion alive. The acting
district attorney (Charles Trowbridge) finds Marion's evidence in his
mail, but (for reasons unknown to me) decides to destroy it ...
Top-billed Russell Wade has a mere supporting role as nosey reporter
and Marion's secondary love interest (the honest man opposed to both Larry
and Dixie) in this one.
The story of this film is interesting if a bit far-fetched, however
it's a bit let down by a disappointing ending (the carcrash just lacks
dramatic impact) and an uninspired direction. Still not too bad.
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