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Out of the Past
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
1947 · Directed by Jacques Tourneur · 97 min · Crime · Thriller · 14 frames
Tagline
OUT of the Sun, OUT of the Moonlight, OUT of the Past.
Crew
- Screenplay: Daniel Mainwaring
- Cinematography: Nicholas Musuraca
- Edited by: Samuel E. Beetley
- Music: Roy Webb
- Produced by: Warren Duff
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
- Jane Greer as Kathie Moffat
- Kirk Douglas as Whit Sterling
- Paul Valentine as Joe Stephanos
- Virginia Huston as Ann Miller
- Rhonda Fleming as Meta Carson
- Richard Webb as Jim
- Steve Brodie as Jack Fisher
- Dickie Moore as The Kid
- Ken Niles as Leonard Eels
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
- Themes: small town, gas station, suppressed past, gangster, detective, deaf-mute, briefcase, deception, femme fatale, partner
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