Dark City

Dark City is a 1950 film noir. The casting of Charlton Heston—in his first film appearance—as a petty hood is unusual in light of his subsequent career. The film also features Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, who both went on to co-star in Dragnet. The musical score was composed by Franz Waxman. A group of hustlers take a man for $5000 in a poker game. When the man ends up killing himself, the heat is put on the gamblers in the game. The dead man's ve... more

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  • Oct 17, 1950

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  • 1 h 38 min

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William Dieterle

William Dieterle (July 15, 1893, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany – December 9, 1972, Ottobrunn, Bavaria) was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. He was born Wilhelm Dieterle, the youngest child of nine, to parents Jacob and Berthe Dieterle. As a child,...

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