Cornel Wilde
Griff Marat
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Shockproof: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti. A parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Douglas Sirk
- 1949-01-20
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After having served 5 years in prison for killing a man while defending her disreputable lover, Harry ( John Baragrey ), Jenny Marsh ( Patricia Knight) is set for parole. Her parole officer, Griff Marat Cornel Wilde is determined to make Jenny go straight.
Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde), is a parole officer who falls in love with a parolee, Jenny Marsh (Patricia Knight). Marsh had gone to prison in order to protect Harry Wesson (John Baragrey) a gambler with whom she was having an affair.
Shockproof begins with a former prison inmate named Jenny (Patricia Knight) being read a set of probation guidelines by her parole officer, Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde). She was arrested in order to take the blame off a gambler named Harry (John Baragrey), whom she was (and still is) in love with.
Jenny Marsh (Patricia Knight) is a hard-luck dame who's just finished five years in the slammer for killing a man. Jenny's not exactly the murdering type -- she did the deed while defending her...
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- Crime, Drama
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Shockproof. This film features the iconic Bradbury Building at 304 S. Broadway as the location of Griff Marat's office. Out of his office window can be seen the old Hall of Records Building at 220 N. Broadway (demolished 1973), which is about 0.4 miles away. Helpful • 23 0.
