'C'-Man | Classic Film Noir | Crime Thriller
64'C'-Man - A Treasury Department agent is murdered. His best friend, a fellow agent, investigates and stumbles into a scheme involving smuggling and murder.
'C'-Man (1949)
Director: Joseph Lerner
Writers: Berne Giler
Stars: Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Harry Landers
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 1949 (United States)
Filming Location: Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
Synopsis:
When U.S. Customs Department Agent Cliff Holden's boss is murdered by jewel thieves he's assigned to the case.Holden vows to apprehend the killers and to destroy the jewel smuggling ring.For this purpose he boards a flight to Europe in order to shadow the main suspect,Matty Royal.On the return flight to America, Holden meets war-bride Kathe van Bourne who's traveling to the US to meet her American fiancé.Coincidentally,she is wearing a priceless necklace.But Miss van Bourne falls ill on the plane and she is greeted by a mysterious ambulance at the airport.The ambulance whisks her away giving Agent Cliff Holden reason to suspect that his case somehow is connected to Miss van Bourne's necklace and sudden airplane illness.Holden decides to follow this trail.
Reviews:
"Here's one of those B-movie nuggets that makes sifting through the dregs worthwhile (quite appropriate for a tale of jewel smugglers). I'm sure it's exactly the kind of edgy, low-budget genre-piece that inspired Godard and Truffaut to create "Breathless" and "Shoot the Piano Player".
Like its near namesake "T-Men", the heroic semi-documentary frame limns a brutal, cynical noir with striking location shooting. The narrative keeps throwing us curveballs, and the tight, off-kilter framing, low-key lighting and nervy editing emphasize the randomness of the violence and the desperation of the denizens of this demimonde. Most arresting is the frantic free-jazz score, presaging Miles Davis's improvised work for "Lift to the Gallows".
The characters are idiosyncratic and played with verve. Like several other late noirs, there is an undercurrent of homosexuality among the henchmen, and John Carradine's quack doctor is addicted to Benedictine, of all things. A great, offbeat, late-night view."
- written by "goblinhairedguy" on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) 'C'-Man
Australia 'C'-Man
Belgium 'C'-Man(English)
Canada 'C'-Man(English)
France C-Man
Greece Idiotikos detective A-76(transliterated title)
Italy La stirpe di Caino
Romania Agentul-'C'
United Kingdom 'C'-Man
United States 'C'-Man
United States Customs Affair(Working Title)
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