"Rips into you like a double-crossing Dame!"

1953

1h 23m

6.8(79 votes)

Crime

Overview

A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

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16 members

Acting

John Payne

Ernie Driscoll

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Evelyn Keyes

Linda James

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Brad Dexter

Victor Rawlins

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Frank Faylen

Stan Hogan

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Peggie Castle

Pauline Driscoll

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Jay Adler

Christopher

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Jack Lambert

Mickey

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Glenn Langan

Lloyd Morgan

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Eddy Waller

Pop Durkee

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John Daheim

Bud

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Ian Wolfe

Waldo Daggett

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Peter Leeds

Nat Finley

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William Tannen

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Gene Reynolds

Chuck

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Ric Roman

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Vivi Janiss

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