Backfire

Jan 26, 1950

1h 31m

★ 5.8

That "White Heat" girl turns it on again!..

Overview

When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Backfire Trailers

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Cast

Lysa Radoff

Viveca Lindfors

Ben Arno

Dane Clark

Nurse Julie Benson

Virginia Mayo

Steve Connolly

Edmond O'Brien

Bob Corey

Gordon MacRae

Capt. Garcia

Ed Begley

Mrs. Blayne

Frances Robinson

Solly Blayne

Richard Rober

Bonnie Willis

Sheila MacRae

Burns

David Hoffman

Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)

Monte Blue

Police Broadcaster (uncredited)

Russ Conway

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6.1

The Man Who Cheated Himself

Dec 26, 1950

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

5.6

Chinatown at Midnight

Nov 17, 1949

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.

6.0

Among the Living

Dec 12, 1941

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.

6.3

711 Ocean Drive

Jul 1, 1950

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

5.0

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

Jul 4, 1973

Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group of war veterans and gamblers struggle to take control of the Ginza district's underworld with the help of a deranged soldier.

6.5

Cover Up

Feb 25, 1949

Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.

6.3

Witness to Murder

Apr 15, 1954

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

5.9

Nocturne

Oct 29, 1946

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.

6.3

The Locket

Dec 20, 1946

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

5.4

Appointment with a Shadow

Sep 1, 1957

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

6.2

The Clouded Yellow

Nov 21, 1950

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.

5.9

5 Against the House

Jun 10, 1955

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

6.3

City of Fear

Feb 1, 1959

An escaped convict gets a hold of some radioactive material after his escape. Authorities desperately try to find the man that unknowingly is threating the lives of everyone in the city.

7.1

The Breaking Point

Oct 6, 1950

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

7.0

Phantom Lady

Jan 28, 1944

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.

4.8

The Human Jungle

Oct 3, 1954

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.

6.2

The Glass Web

Nov 11, 1953

A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.