''High Tide'' is a 1947 American
film noir directed by
John Reinhardt. The film features
Lee Tracy
William Lee Tracy (April 14, 1898 – October 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is known foremost for his portrayals between the late 1920s and 1940s of fast-talking, wisecracking news reporters, press agents, lawye ...
,
Don Castle
Don Castle (September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Castle was born in Beaumont, Texas. He started his acting career as a stage actor, then moved to films. The actor, who resembled Clar ...
and
Julie Bishop
Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curtin ...
.
Plot
The editor of a newspaper hires a former employee-turned-private-investigator to protect him during an ongoing power struggle. The private eye discovers the truth and the two men end up in a precarious situation after the editor's actions catch up with him and his plans backfire.
Cast
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Lee Tracy
William Lee Tracy (April 14, 1898 – October 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is known foremost for his portrayals between the late 1920s and 1940s of fast-talking, wisecracking news reporters, press agents, lawye ...
as Hugh Fresney
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Don Castle
Don Castle (September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Castle was born in Beaumont, Texas. He started his acting career as a stage actor, then moved to films. The actor, who resembled Clar ...
as Tim 'T.M.' Slade
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Julie Bishop
Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curtin ...
as Julie Vaughn
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Anabel Shaw
Anabel Shaw (born Marjorie Henshaw; June 24, 1921 – April 16, 2010) was an American film actress. Active during the 1940s and 1950s in a mixture of lead and supporting roles, she then made a few appearances on television.
Biography
Shaw was ...
as Dana Jones
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Douglas Walton as Clinton Vaughn
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Regis Toomey
John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High ...
as Inspector O'Haffey
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Francis Ford as Pop Garrow
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Anthony Warde
Anthony Warde (born Benjamin Schwartz; January 1, 1909 – January 8, 1975) was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964.
Early years
Born as Benjamin Schwartz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on New Year' ...
as Nick Dyke
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Argentina Brunetti
Argentina Brunetti (born Argentina Ferraù; August 31, 1907 – December 20, 2005) was an Argentinian stage and film actress and writer.
Biography
Brunetti was born Argentina Ferraù in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Italian parents; her moth ...
as Mrs. Cresser
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Wilson Wood as Cleve Collins
* George Ryland as Doctor at Shooting Scene
Film restoration
In 2013 the
UCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the ar ...
, funded by the Film Noir Foundation, restored the film. The restored print was screened April 13, 2013, at the American Cinematheque's "Noir City: Hollywood" festival.
King, Susan
film article, ''Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the U ...
, "Noir City: Hollywood festival is a walk on the dark side of film", April 03, 2013. Accessed: July 4, 2013.
References
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1947 films
1947 crime films
American crime films
American black-and-white films
Film noir
Films set in Los Angeles
Films about journalists
Monogram Pictures films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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