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The long wait / Victor Saville presents ; screenplay by Alan Green and Lesser Samuels ; directed by Victor Saville.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .L665 2023
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006, Long wait., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006--Film adaptations.
- Spillane, Mickey.
- Murder--Investigation--Drama.
- Murder.
- Accident victims--Drama.
- Accident victims.
- Fugitives from justice--Drama.
- Fugitives from justice.
- Murder--Investigation.
- Genre:
- Detective and mystery films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Film noir.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Limited edition.
- Other Title:
- Mickey Spillane's The long wait
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, CA : ClassicFlix, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.75:1) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he's riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory. Arriving in Lyncastle, Johnny learns to his regret that the photo in question was taken from a wanted poster and that he's the prime suspect in the murder of the town's district attorney after he allegedly stole $250,000 from the bank at which he was employed. To solve the mystery of his identity and the crimes, McBride sets out to find old flame Vera West whom he believes can prove his innocence. As the clues start piling up, Johnny encounters resistance from several townspeople, most notably from mob boss Servo, who rules Lyncastle with an iron fist.
- Participant:
- Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay, Jay Adler, Shirley Patterson, Barry Kelley, Dolores Donlon, James Millican, Bruno Vesota, Frank Marlowe, Lawrence Dobkin.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Franz Planer; editor, Ronald Sinclair; music, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
- Notes:
- Title from disc label.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
- Wide screen (1.75:1).
- Based on The long wait / by Mickey Spillane.
- OCLC:
- 1370621402
- Publisher Number:
- 851968007965
- 104809 ClassicFlix
- CF0037 ClassicFlix
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