Backfire
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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.
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
Viveca Lindfors
Lysa Radoff
Dane Clark
Ben Arno
Virginia Mayo
Nurse Julie Benson
Edmond O'Brien
Steve Connolly
Gordon MacRae
Bob Corey
Ed Begley
Capt. Garcia
Frances Robinson
Mrs. Blayne
Richard Rober
Solly Blayne
Sheila MacRae
Bonnie Willis
David Hoffman
Burns
Monte Blue
Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
Russ Conway
Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
John Daheim
Bingo - Prizefighter (uncredited)
John Dehner
Blake - Plainclothes Cop (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Fight Fan (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Dr. Nolan (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
Attendant (uncredited)
Ida Moore
Sybil (uncredited)
John Ridgely
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Vincent Sherman
- Producers
- Anthony Veiller
- Cinematography
- Carl E. Guthrie
- Composer
- Daniele Amfitheatrof
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John Chard
February 16, 2020
I didn't only break his back the last ten days, I broke his heart. Backfire is directed by Vincent Sherman and collectively written by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts and Larry Marcus. It stars Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Edmond O'Brien, Dane Clark, Ed Begley and Viveca Lindfors. Music is by Daniele Amfitheatrof and cinematography by Carl Guthrie. While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey (Macrae) is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with a mess…