Raw Deal

Dennis O'Keefe Director: Anthony Mann Anthony Mann

Overview

Violent and viscerally sexual, Anthony Mann's muscular low-budget noir tells the tale of a framed gangster's quest for vengeance after he busts out of prison. Once freed, gangster Joe Sullivan Dennis O'Keefe) and his girl friend Pat (Claier Trevor) set off to find the mobster who set him up. The kidnapping of Ann Martin (Marsha Hunt), the social worker who wrote to Joe in prison, leads the fugitive into a romantic triangle of death, passion and tragedy.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/16/2018
UPC:	0851968007255
Original Release:	1948
Rating:	NR
Source:	Classicflix
Region Code:	1
Time:	1:19:00
Sales rank:	31,582

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dennis O'Keefe	Joe Sullivan
Claire Trevor	Pat Regan
Marsha Hunt	Ann Martin
John Ireland	Fantail
Raymond Burr	Ricky Coyle
Curt Conway	Spider
Chili Williams	Marcy
Richard Fraser	Fields
Whit Bissell	Murderer
Cliff Clark	Gates

Technical Credits

Leopold Atlas

John C. Higgins

Anthony Mann	Director
John Alton	Cinematographer
Leopold Atlas	Screenwriter
Ridgeway Callow	Asst. Director
Alfred de Gaetano	Editor
Frances Ehren	Costumes/Costume Designer
Irving Friedman	Musical Direction/Supervision
John C. Higgins	Screenwriter
Edward Ilou	Art Director
Ted Larsen	Makeup
Armor E. Marlowe	Set Decoration/Design
Jack R. Rabin	Special Effects
Paul Sawtell	Score Composer
Earl Sitar	Sound/Sound Designer
Edward Small	Producer
Clarence I. Steensen	Set Decoration/Design
George J. Teague	Special Effects
Ern Westmore	Makeup

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Raw Deal
255. Chapters
1. Opening Titles [1:14]
2. I Wanna Breathe [4:53]
3. What's The Percentage? [2:02]
4. Breakout [3:54]
5. I Oughta Brain You [7:17]
6. Stick-Up [7:01]
7. You'll Get Yours [3:57]
8. Take Her Away [2:15]
9. Oscar's Tavern [3:54]
10. A Little Decency [3:21]
11. You Can't! You Can't! [4:57]
12. Keep On Your Toes [1:20]
13. Grimshaw's [8:38]
14. End Of The Line [3:28]
15. A Sucker Play [3:41]
16. There Are Ways [:48]
17. Get Your Things [1:36]
18. Better Come Quick [3:00]
19. Ann [4:10]
20. Where Is She? [4:54]
21. Right For Joe [1:48]
22. End Credits [:12]
23. Chapter 23 [:01]

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Editorial Reviews

A noir with several, clever scenes, some fine cinematography and no shortage of violence, Raw Deal is a better than average, crime story, but it lacks plausibility at times, and telegraphs its upcoming twists. Noir genius John Alton handles the camera here and deftly cloaks the whole film in shadows. As the film opens, Joe Sullivan (Dennis O'Keefe) is visited by both Pat (Claire Trevor) and Ann Martin (Marsha Hunt) in prison. This scene sparkles with some smart dialogue and is a nice warm-up to the love triangle that follows. The gangsters in Raw Deal are pretty mean with Raymond Burr leading the pack as he scalds a party girl with his birthday flambeé. One problem with Raw Deal is the lack of believable chemistry between Joe and Ann. She likes Joe, but quickly changes her mind and attempts to call the police after he breaks out of prison. Not long after, she declares her love for him again after shooting the man who's attempted to kill him. Why Joe so prefers Ann to his longtime girlfriend Pat is also not made clear. On the screen, Joe and Ann don't seem to have much in common and the attraction seems vague at best. Though, otherwise, this is an entertaining, if not terribly artful noir, with Alton's camerawork standing out more than Anthony Mann's direction.

All Movie Guide - Adam Bregman