Outside the Law 1956
Outside the Law
A government agent's son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.
A government agent's son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.
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Full Cast & Crew... John Conrad, alias Johnny Salvo
... Maria Craven
... Don Kastner
... Chief Agent Alec Conrad
... Philip Bormann
... Agent Maury Saxton
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"Johnny" (Ray Danton) is an ex-soldier drafted in by the US authorities in Germany to help investigate the death of one of his old army pals. Not long out of prison, he is keen to clear his name and is soon on the trail of a clever gang who are counterfeiting cash and taking advantage of the post-WWII confusion to, quite literally, make a mint. His search is further complicated by the involvement of both his father - the policeman who gives him the gig in the first place and with whom he has a strained relationship; and with the widow of the murdered man "Maria" (Leigh Snowden) who is as keen to get to the bottom of the perilous mystery and, of course, a romance starts to blossom. There's no getting away from it. Handsome as he is, Danton is as wooden as a plank. He has precisely no charisma and that really impacts on this film that, from a criminal perspective, is actually a little bit better than a routine caper. There's far too much by way of chatter and really very little action until the last ten minutes when the threads start to pull together. A bit more creative casting could have made this more memorable, but as it is - well it's worth a watch but you'll never remember it afterwards.
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Release Date:
Jun 01, 1956 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 21`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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"Johnny" (Ray Danton) is an ex-soldier drafted in by the US authorities in Germany to help investigate the death of one of his old army pals. Not long out of prison, he is keen to clear his name and is soon on the trail of a clever gang who are counterfeiting cash and taking advantage of the post-WWII confusion to, quite literally, make a mint. His search is further complicated by the involvement of both his father - the policeman who gives him the gig in the first place and with whom he has a strained relationship; and with the widow of the murdered man "Maria" (Leigh Snowden) who is as keen to get to the bottom of the perilous mystery and, of course, a romance starts to blossom. There's no getting away from it. Handsome as he is, Danton is as wooden as a plank. He has precisely no charisma and that really impacts on this film that, from a criminal perspective, is actually a little bit better than a routine caper. There's far too much by way of chatter and really very little action until the last ten minutes when the threads start to pull together. A bit more creative casting could have made this more memorable, but as it is - well it's worth a watch but you'll never remember it afterwards.
Cast & Crew of
Outside the Law
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... John Conrad, alias Johnny Salvo
... Maria Craven
... Don Kastner
... Chief Agent Alec Conrad
... Philip Bormann
... Agent Maury Saxton
... Agent Pill Schwartz
... Agent Harris
... Milo
... Warden Lewis
... Mrs. Pulenski (as Karen Verne)
... Mr. Pulenski
... Bill MacReady
... Agent Parker
... Agent Pomeroy
GEM
George E. Mather... Bus Station Attendant
... Mama Gomez
EP
Ezelle Poule... Mrs. Flynn
Produced By
AJC
Albert J. Cohen... Producer