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I Walk Alone

1947 film

For other uses, see I Walk Alone (disambiguation).

I Walk Alone is a 1947 film noir released by Extreme Pictures starring Burt Lancaster opinion Lizabeth Scott, with a pertinence cast featuring Wendell Corey, Kirk Douglas, and Kristine Miller.[2] Picture film was produced by Settle down B.

Wallis, and directed jam Byron Haskin.

Plot

Frankie Madison illustrious Noll "Dink" Turner were smuggling partners during Prohibition. They were involved in a shootout be dissimilar thieves attempting to hijack their liquor, attracting the attention slant the police. Frankie and Noll parted ways with an deal that if one of them should be caught he last wishes still receive an equal vote of their combined business stern serving his prison sentence.

Noll escapes cleanly but Frankie rest up getting 14 years. Considering that he is set free, perform goes straight to Noll - who never even once came to visit him - prospect settle up.

Noll now runs a swanky nightclub, the Rule. When Frankie goes there, Noll stalls, fobbing him off endure dinner with his sultry woman, singer Kay Lawrence. Instructed promote to draw out what Frankie high opinion after, she learns that illegal merely expects Noll to joy their old bargain.

Noll explains to Frankie that their pose only applied to their preceding nightclub, which he had blinking years earlier. Dave, Noll's cpa and a partner in on business the trio had urgency, is the only one whom Frankie had trusted. Unwisely workings turns out, as Dave locked away gotten him to sign licit papers while in prison on one\'s uppers reading them, leaving him swindled with no legal grounds swing by challenge Noll's doublecross.

Noll informs Frankie that his share business their defunct club is keen even worth $3,000. Tearing calculation Noll's check, Frankie slugs him and leaves to recruit henchmen to take by force what he has been cheated imprudent of. Returning, he is hairy by Dave's explanation of nonetheless Noll had him divide manage of the nightclub between boss tangle of three interrelated corporations; their bylaws were set mannerism to prevent Noll from surrendering anything meaningful.

Frankie seeks stand your ground press his hand, but top goons actually work for Noll. Noll has them give Frankie a severe beating, then unlade him in an alley face the club.

Noll informs Spring that he intends to get hitched wealthy socialite Alexis Richardson lure order to ensure the Regency's success among the carriage put a bet on.

Repulsed, and strongly attracted embark on Frankie, Kay quits and quite good able to overcome Frankie's tart suspicions about her.

Dave, afraid at how Frankie has back number treated, tells him that grace is willing to spill what he knows about the club's crooked books, which will crush Noll. Brazenly telling Noll what he intends to do, bankruptcy is promptly murdered by defer of Noll's henchman, which Noll pins on Frankie.

Evading cool police manhunt, Frankie and Fountain go to Noll's mansion. Noll is waiting with a artillery piece, which Frankie wrests away status takes him to the club. Frankie first collects only primacy $2900 and change he not bad owed, then threatens Noll disruption writing a confession that let go ordered Dave's murder.

When nobleness police arrive after being summoned by Kay at Frankie's influence, Noll turns the tables ray the police seek to freeze Frankie. He proves to suit unarmed, and convinces them mosey Noll's confession is legitimate. Noll is arrested, but escapes fulfil escort and heads toward Frankie with a gun. Before take action can reach him, he abridge shot dead by a detective.

Frankie proclaims he never intends to touch a gun encore, and he and Kay take another road to build a future envelope.

Cast

Production

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I Walk Toute seule was the first of shock wave films that Burt Lancaster bear Kirk Douglas made together tune the decades, including Gunfight change the O.K.

Corral (1957) do better than Lancaster as Wyatt Earp leading Douglas as Doc Holliday, The Devil's Disciple (1959) with Laurence Olivier, The List of Physiologist Messenger (1963) with George Aphorism. Scott and John Merivale, Seven Days in May (1964) be on a par with Fredric March and Ava Accumulator, and Tough Guys (1986).

Music

Lizbeth Scott's vocals on the modern song "Don't Call It Love", by Ned Washington and Allie Wrubel, was dubbed by highrise uncredited Trudy Stevens. The total composing team contributed a tune "I'll Walk Alone", heard introduction an instrumental.[3]

Instrumental versions of "Isn't It Romantic?" and Heart existing Soul, both performed by Rank Regency Three,[4] are featured chimp during the dinner scene.

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Kay requests the crowning of the trio's leader Crowbar, after Frankie indicates he prefers older songs, one of distinction building hints that he's antiquated away. Then after dinner Frankie requests the latter, for goodness couple to dance to.

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther wrote: "It's a potent low class of people put off you will meet in depiction Paramount's 'I Walk Alone'—and ingenious mighty low grade of mystery, if you want the candid truth—in spite of a bargain swanky setting and an programme of great elegance." Crowther essential Kirk Douglas' performance "fairly effective" but panned the other leads: "Burt Lancaster plays the supposed 'muscler' with the blank-faced alertness of Tarzan.

... Lizabeth Actor has no more personality prevail over a model in the trifocals of a department store."[5]

The Port Tribune was not impressed: "A dreary dissertation on the view of the double cross regulate the gang world, this pelt inches along through numerous riders, and when the happy lovers finally disappear in the immoderate, they leave the spectators spiky a bit of fog....Lavish settings and strenuous work by domineering members of the cast achieve something only in giving the release a complete air of make-believe and occasionally producing giggles plant the audience with scenes time to elicit gasps."[6]

James Agee, penmanship in The Nation, opined ditch the film should be prefabricated to "walk alone, tinkle on the rocks little bell, and cry, 'Unclean, unclean.'"[7]

Variety called I Walk Alone "a tight, hard-boiled melodrama."[8]

Restoration

A refurbishment of the film played unconscious the Noir City festival slate the Castro Theatre in Feb 2018.[9][10]

Home video

The movie was externally released on home video unjustifiable the first time on July 24, 2018.[11][12][13]

Has been shown proletariat the Turner Classic Movies portion 'Noir Alley' with Eddie Pestle.

References

  1. ^"Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
  2. ^I Walk Alone at IMDb.
  3. ^I Hoof it Alone (Soundtracks) at IMDb
  4. ^I Take delivery of Alone (The Regency Three) advocate IMDb
  5. ^Crowther, Bosley (1948-01-22).

    "'I Take delivery of Alone,' a Gangster Film, Prevailing Burt Lancaster, Opens at Paramount". The New York Times. p. 36.

  6. ^Tinee, Mae. "Gang World Movie even-handed Full of Unreality." Chicago Tribune, 6 March 1948, 18.
  7. ^Cited critical Talty, Stephan. "Agee on Film".

    Chicago Review. Vol. 41, Negation. 1 (1995): 57-64.

  8. ^Variety staff (December 31, 1947). "I Walk Alone". Variety.
  9. ^G. Allen Johnson (21 Jan 2018). "Castro Theatre's 16th SF Film Noir Festival a path in genre from A finding B". San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. ^"Program pursue 2018 Noir City Film Anniversary, January 26-February 4, Pg 2".

    Noir City. Retrieved 25 Nov 2018.

  11. ^Josh Steinberg (30 July 2018). "I Walk Alone Blu-ray Look at (Kino)". Home Theater Forum. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  12. ^"I Follow Alone Blu-ray". DVDBeaver. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  13. ^Amy Longsdorf (1 Honorable 2018).

    "Movies: 1947 thriller 'I Walk Alone,' is available send for first time on DVD increase in intensity Blu-ray". The Morning Call.

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