{"id":30164,"date":"2022-07-10T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30164"},"modified":"2022-07-08T10:02:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T14:02:07","slug":"desperate-1947-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30164","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Desperate&#8221; (1947) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z071022zview_desperate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"751\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Desperate <\/strong><\/em>(1947)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>Anthony Mann<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay by:\u00a0 <strong>Harry Essex<\/strong>,\u00a0 <strong>Martin Rackin<\/strong> (additional dialogue), <strong>Dorothy Atlas<\/strong> (story)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starring:\u00a0 <strong>Steve Brodie, Audrey Long <\/strong>and <strong>Raymond Burr<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em>\u00a0 Desperate was their nightmare of FEAR!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of spoilers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Steve (Brodie) and Anne Randall (Long) are ready to celebrate their wedding anniversary when Steve gets a call from a man named Walt Radak (Burr) about a trucking job.\u00a0 Since they need the money, they decide to postpone the celebration until Steve gets back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Steve arrives at the warehouse, he learns that Radak and his crew are thieves who want him to haul stolen property.\u00a0 Steve refuses, but is forced at gunpoint back into the truck.\u00a0 As the crooks load the goods, Steve is able to signal a cop walking by.\u00a0 A shootout ensues.\u00a0 The cop is shot and killed as everyone scrambles to get away.\u00a0 Only Radak&#8217;s brother is caught.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Steve returns home, gets his wife and they go on the run.\u00a0 Steve needs to prove his innocence since the cops think he&#8217;s part of the cop killer gang.\u00a0 Radak blames Steve for the bungled robbery and his brother&#8217;s capture.\u00a0 Steve is on the run and desperate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Desperate<\/em> is the first and only feature film to star Steve Brodie (which is surprising).\u00a0 It is also Raymond Burr&#8217;s first time playing the lead heavy.\u00a0 <em>Desperate<\/em> is a good film noir and rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z071022zview_desperate2.png\" alt=\"\" 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