Close-Up

Jun 9, 1948

1h 16m

★ 4.0

Thrill-a-minute close-up of MURDER!

Overview

A photographer accidentally photographs a Nazi war criminal on the streets of New York and becomes a target for reprisals and murder.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Eagle-Lion Films

Harry Brandt Productions

Close-Up Trailers

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Cast

Phil Sparr

Alan Baxter

Peggy Lake

Virginia Gilmore

Martin Beaumont

Richard Kollmar

Harry Avery

Loring Smith

Joseph Gibbons

Phillip Huston

Roger

Joey Faye

Beck

Russell Collins

Fredericks

Michael Wyler

Stanislaus Kranobowsky (cabbie)

Sid Melton

Harold (as Wendell Phillips)

Wendell K. Phillips

Bessie, Receptionist (as Erin O'Kelly)

Erin Selwyn

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