Dead Reckoning (1947 film)
Dead Reckoning is a 1947 Columbia motion picture starring Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott. Directed by John Cromwell
This film noir drama/mystery was filmed in black-and-white.
Main Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Capt. Warren "Rip" Murdock
- Lizabeth Scott as Coral "Dusty" Chandler
- Morris Carnovsky as Martinelli
- Charles Cane as Lt. Kincaid
- William Prince as Sgt. Johnny Drake/John Joseph Preston
- Marvin Miller as Krause
- Wallace Ford as McGee
The role of Coral Chandler was originally intended for Rita Hayworth, but she had already been cast by her husband, Orson Welles, for The Lady from Shanghai released the same year.
Returning home from World War II, ex-paratroopers Captain Murdock and Sergeant Johnny Drake are due for the Congressional Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross. While on his way to Washington, Sgt. Drake jumps train and disappears. His friend, Murdock, can’t understand why. Murdock follows the clues and tracks his friend to Gulf City. He learns his friend is dead–burned to death in a car accident.
While in town, Murdock finds out that Drake joined the Army under an assumed name in order to avoid a murder charge. He was accused of killing a rich old man named Chandler, whose wife, Coral, he was in love with.
During the investigation of his friends mysterious past, a dead body is planted in Murdock’s hotel room. The police are now after him. He teams up with the man’s widow, Coral, to help straighten out the many twists and turns in the story.
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