Undertow

1949
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1h 11m

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Scott Brady, Dorothy Hart, and John Russell in Undertow (1949)

A paroled convict is framed for murder and must clear himself before the police catch him.A paroled convict is framed for murder and must clear himself before the police catch him.A paroled convict is framed for murder and must clear himself before the police catch him.

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Scott Brady

Tony Reagan

John Russell

Danny Morgan

Dorothy Hart

Sally Lee

Peggy Dow

Ann McKnight

Bruce Bennett

Det. Charles Reckling

Gregg Martell

Frost

Robert Anderson

Stoner

Dan Ferniel

Gene
(as Daniel Ferniel)

Rock Hudson

Detective
(as Roc Hudson)

Charles Sherlock

Cooper

Anne P. Kramer

Telegraph Clerk
(as Ann Pearce)

Bobby Barber

Tony
(uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

Wife at Reno Bar
(uncredited)

Edward Clark

Drugstore Clerk
(uncredited)

James Conaty

Gambler
(uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Gambler
(uncredited)

Robert Easton

Fisher - Parking Lot Valet
(uncredited)

George Eldredge

Pop
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Rock Hudson has a small role, his second, as a detective. He's billed as Roc Hudson.

Goofs
When Ann McKnight is throwing the dice at the roulette table, her purse changes orientation from cut to cut. It starts with her holding it under her arms then it is resting on the roulette table and then it is under her arms again.

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Brisk and satisfying B movie

William Castle was always a B movie director .His talent -amounting almost to genius -elevated some of his 50's work to the status of "event movies" but works like "The Tingler" "Homicidal"and "Macabre"were nothing but glorified B pictures wrapped in the razzle -dazzle of showmanship.

"Undertow"makes no pretense at being other than what it is-a brisk programmer for the bottom half of double features-and satisfies on this level Scott Brady is Tony Reagon,an ex-con going straight who is framed for the death of a mob boss,Big Jim,and the movie deals with Reagon's fight to clear his name with the help of a sympathetic cop and a schoolteacher with whom he struck up a friendship while en route to Chicago where the bulk of the movie is set.

Good use of the Chicago locations and a brisk pace compensate for moderate acting.Its predictable but narrative pace stops it getting tiresome