Act of Violence
The manhunt no woman could stop!
Overview
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
- Budget
- $1,290,000
- Revenue
- $1,129,000
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated
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Cast
Van Heflin
Frank R. Enley
Robert Ryan
Joe Parkson
Janet Leigh
Edith Enley
Mary Astor
Pat
Phyllis Thaxter
Ann
Berry Kroeger
Johnny
Taylor Holmes
Gavery
Harry Antrim
Fred
Connie Gilchrist
Martha
Will Wright
Pop
Rudolph Anders
German (voice) (uncredited)
William Bailey
Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Conventioneer (uncredited)
Rex Downing
Teenage Boy (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
Policeman (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Wino Pedestrian (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Writers
- Robert L. Richards,Collier Young
- Producers
- William H. Wright
- Cinematography
- Robert Surtees
- Composer
- Bronislau Kaper
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John Chard
June 25, 2019
Post war scabs are picked off with noirish bleakness by Zinnerman and his terrific cast. Act of Violence is directed by Fred Zinnemann and adapted for the screen by Robert L. Richards from a story by Collier Young. It stars Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, and Janet Leigh, with support coming from Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter & Berry Kroeger. Robert Surtees photographs it from various California locations and Bronislau Kaper provides the music that is conducted by André Previn. An Embittered forme…