George Nader
Paul Baxter
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Appointment with a Shadow: Directed by Richard Carlson. With George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith, Virginia Field. George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Richard Carlson
- 1957-09
Appointment with a Shadow is a 1957 American CinemaScope crime film noir directed by Richard Carlson and starring George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith and Virginia Field. Plot [ edit ] Alcoholic Paul Baxter has ruined his career as a reporter.
Aug 10, 2022 · Thank you for uploading this, and it seems to be the only copy of this movie currently available. A good story, that keeps you interested, and it's nicely filmed. It was originally filmed in CinemaScope Widescreen, and this version is cropped to 4:3 because it was recorded from TV, nevertheless, it's a good watch.
- 70 min
As well as a searing enough tale of conflict between man and bottle, Appointment with a Shadow (1957) tells a strange criminal face-lift noir, back from when face changes as plot device were as firm a fantasy as film could enjoy, and so in this instance it seems credible that a criminal mastermind has only to put it about that he has had his face changed, and confusion reigns.
Directed by Richard Carlson. With George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith.Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/46OCjQZBlu-ray (Kino Lorber) https://kinolorber.co...
Appointment with a Shadow is an exceptionally crafted film about former newspaper reporter Paul (George Nader) who lost his job as a result of his alcoholism. His girlfriend Penny (Joanna Moore), also a reporter, believes he has the potential to bounce back, so she gives him a tip that could help him re-launch his career.
The working title of this film was If I Should Die.According to a April 3, 1950 Los Angeles Times news item, Paramount purchased a screenplay by Herb Dalmas based on Hugh Pentecost's Argosy story "If I Should Die."
