Appointment with a Shadow

Sep 1, 1957

1h 12m

★ 5.4

Was This The Man They Hunted...Or The Killer Who Hunted Them!

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Paul Baxter

George Nader

Penny Spencer

Joanna Moore

Lt. Spencer

Brian Keith

Florence Knapp

Virginia Field

Dutch Hayden

Frank De Kova

Sam Carewe

Stephen Chase

Farrell

Bill Hickman

Pat O'Connell

Rusty Lane

Joe

Ralph Brooks

Reporter

John Phillips

Club Patron

Jeffrey Sayre

Bar Patron

Kenner G. Kemp

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