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The Prowler
Why this pick
A bitter, lean noir about economic resentment and moral collapse, with an ordinary man pushed toward crime and trapped by the consequences.
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MOVIE1950 1h 25m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) is a family man, living in California, who can't seem to get by financially. He meets up with a small-time, but charismatic, hood Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges). Soon, Slocum convinces Tyler to participate in gas station robberies to get by. Later, they kidnap a wealthy man in hopes of getting a huge ransom. Things go wrong when the man is murdered by Slocum then thrown in a lake. Tyler reaches his limit emotionally, and he begins drinking heavily. He meets a lonely woman and confesses the crime while drunk. The woman flees and goes to the police.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kathleen Ryan
Judy Tyler
Richard Carlson
Gil Stanton
Adele Jergens
Velma
Frank Lovejoy
Howard Tyler
Lloyd Bridges
Jerry Slocum
Art Smith
Hal Clendenning