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film by

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starring George Raft, Coleen Gray, and Enzo Staiola. It was made from an adaptation by George Callahan and William Rose of

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's 1946 book of the same name.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 146-147 The setting was shifted from

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in the novel to an Italian gambling resort. It was one of the first productions by

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. Production was completed in 1950 but the film was not released until the following year. The sets were designed by the art director

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. Established actresses Greta Gynt and Margot Grahame and future Irish star

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all make brief appearances.

Plot

American gambler Nick Cain (Raft) arrives at the town of San Paola, and befriends shoe-shine boy Toni (Staiola). He discovers he has been framed for the murder of an American Treasury agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly (Gray) to an abandoned village, leaving her to hide out. Cain gets help from Massine (Goldner), whom he does not trust. He uncovers an international counterfeiting ring, members of which are responsible for the murder.

Cast

* George Raft as Nick Cain * Coleen Gray as Kay Wonderly * Enzo Staiola as Toni * Charles Goldner as Massine * Walter Rilla as Müller * Martin Benson as Frankie Sperazza * Peter Illing as Armando Ceralde * Hugh French as Miles Travers * Peter Bull as Hans * Elwyn Brook-Jones as the Fence *

as Nina * Greta Gynt as Claudette Ambling * Margot Grahame as Mrs Langley * Donald Stewart as Kennedy

Production

Raft's signing was announced in November 1949. William Bowers was adapting James Hadley Chase's novel and filming was to take place in San Remo (Italy) and London. John and James Woolf of Romulus Films were to be co-producers. (Raft would go on to make several films in Europe.) When Raft left for London in December it was announced that he would also make a second film for Kaufman, ''Montmare'', about a Paris night club owner. Joseph Newman sailed for London on January 12, 1950. Nadia Gray, Pat Roc and Joanne Dru were those offered the female lead before Coleen Gray took the role. Grey left for England i March 1950. The film was made at

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in London and on location around San Remo on the Mediterranean coast in

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. Peter Lorre was initially intended to appear as Massine, but the role eventually went to Charles Goldner. Filming started in San Remo on April 24, 1950. Grey later said the trip to make the film "was the highlight of my life." Editing was finished by September. In January 1951 Kaufman signed a deal with 20th Century Fox for the latter to distribute.

References

Sources

* Youngkin, Stephen. ''The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre''. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.

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