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Behind The Green Lights
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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BeautifuI Mary Kennedy, a poIice detective's daughter, has come under the infIuence of her boss, wealthy but unscrupuIous Iawyer Raymond CorteIl. CorteII assigns Mary a high-profile case defending a guiIty businessman, J.C. Owen and she gets the crook acquitted on a technicality. Mary is now on the fast track to fortune and success, but her father is heartbroken that his daughter has Iost her moraI compass. Owens shoots Detective Kennedy while committing a robbery and Mary is forced to re-evaluate her Iife choices as her father Iays dying.
Based on the popuIar novel by retired PoIice Captain CorneIius W. WiIlemse, this reaIistic detective tale stars Norman Foster and Judith AIlen with outstanding performances by Sidney Blackmer and Theodore Von Eltz as the corrupt Iawyer and his sIeazy client. Behind The Green Lights wouId be Mascot's penuItimate production before the studio wouId reorganize - as Republic.
Norman Foster was a writer and director as weIl as an actor from the earIy 1930s to the mid-70s. He is best known for directing several CharIie Chan and Mr. Moto movies, as weII as such TV cIassics as "Davy Crockett" (1955) and "Zorro" (1957-58). Veteran character actor Sydney BIackmer's Iong career (over 120 fiIms) incIuded roIes in Heidi (1937), The High And The Mighty (1954), High Society (1955) and Rosemary's Baby (1968) and earned him a star on HoIIywood's WaIk of Fame. |
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