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Programme Information

Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas star. A private eye recalls how he tracked down a hoodlum's homicidal mistress in a film revered as one of Hollywood's greatest ever movies.

Alternative title(s):

Build My Gallows High

Keywords:

Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, Based-on-Novel, Film Noir, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1947) (UK) (4 Star)

Cast:

Robert Mitchum	.... Jeff Bailey
Jane Greer	.... Kathie Moffat
Kirk Douglas	.... Whit Sterling
Rhonda Fleming	.... Meta Carson
Richard Webb	.... Jim 'Jimmy'
Steve Brodie	.... Jack Fisher

Supporting Cast:

Virginia Huston	.... Ann Miller
Paul Valentine	.... Joe Stephanos
Dickie Moore	.... The Kid
Ken Niles	.... Leonard Eels

Directors:

Jacques Tourneur

Writers:

Daniel Mainwaring