Regie:
Anthony MannScenario:
John C. HigginsCamera:
John AltonMuziek:
Paul SawtellActeurs:
Dennis O'Keefe, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw, John Newland, Jane Randolph, Keefe Brasselle, Frank Ferguson (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Anthony Mann was a poverty-row director with ambition when he transformed this story of undercover Treasury agents (based on a collection of true cases) into a moody, alienated drama about two lawmen living a shadowed life in the underworld where a blown cover means death. Square-jawed Dennis O'Keefe, a former leading man turned beefy B movie tough guy, and Alfred Ryder star as the titular T-men who take over a counterfeiting investigation when their predecessor is killed, posing as street thugs to infiltrate their way into the gang and living the dangerous life of the gangster to the hilt. The documentary-style realism, with its authoritative narrator, location shooting, and stock-shot interludes of shuffling papers and laboratory testing, is given a nightmarish dimension with stark sets lit in claustrophobic shadows, creating an abstract, eerie emptiness. Penned by John C. Higgins (who wrote Mann's previous film, Railroaded!), and shot by the brilliant cinematographer John Alton, T-Men is raw in comparison to the smoother, more handsome studio noirs such as The Maltese Falcon and Out of the Past. Saddled with often awkward dialogue and hackneyed narration, this low-budget gem derives its power from the brutal violence (often offscreen but no less unsettling for it) and spare style, and the desperation in the hard faces of the unglamorous actors. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Dennis O'Keefe
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
Alfred Ryder
USA
Beste films:
The Name of the Game (1968) (serie)
De eenogige sheriff (1969)
T-Men (1947)
Wallace Ford
Groot Brittanië
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Een hoekje van de hemel (1965)
Freaks (1932)
The Rainmaker (1956)
June Lockhart
USA
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The Yearling (1946)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Charles McGraw
USA
Beste films:
The Name of the Game (1968) (serie)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
In Cold Blood (1967)
John Newland
USA
Beste films:
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
T-Men (1947)
Jane Randolph
USA
Beste films:
Dive Bomber (1941)
T-Men (1947)
Railroaded! (1947)
Keefe Brasselle
USA
Beste films:
A Place in the Sun (1951)
T-Men (1947)
Railroaded! (1947)
Frank Ferguson
USA
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The People Against O'Hara (1951)
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Robert B. Williams
USA
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North by Northwest (1959)
Een hoekje van de hemel (1965)
Frank Hyers
USA
Beste films:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Al Bridge
USA
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Beste films:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Trevor Bardette
USA
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Reed Hadley (verteller)
USA
Beste films:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Russ Conway
Canada
Beste films:
Gemerkt door de haat (1956)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Heiress (1949)
Curt Conway
USA
Beste films:
Hud (1963)
Columbo (1971) (serie)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
John Wengraf
Oostenrijk-Hongarije
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
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Herbert Heyes
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
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Tito Vuolo
Italië
Beste films:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Killing (1956)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)