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I Walk Alone
“Once I trusted a dame... now I Walk Alone”
19476.51h 37m
Overview
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
Directed by Byron Haskin
Written by John Bright, Theodore Reeves, Robert Smith
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
0Top Cast
Burt Lancaster
Frankie Madison
Lizabeth Scott
Kay Lawrence
Kirk Douglas
Noll "Dink" Turner
Wendell Corey
Dave
Kristine Miller
Alexis Richardson
George Rigaud
Maurice
Marc Lawrence
Nick Palestro
Mike Mazurki
Dan
Mickey Knox
Skinner
R
Roger Neury
Felix
Themes & Keywords
bootleggernew york cityrelease from prisonbased on play or musicalfilm noirblack and whitedouble crossformer best friendretributionnightclub ownerhandshakenightclub singermoral reformationformer partneraccounting fraudgreedy manpaybackformer gangstercorrupt businessmanbetrayed by a friendman out of timeverbal agreementsigned confession
About I Walk Alone
I Walk Alone is a drama, crime film released in 1947 exploring themes of bootlegger, new york city, release from prison, based on play or musical, film noir, black and white. Directed by Byron Haskin, it stars Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas. Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
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