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Flaxy Martin is a 1949 film noir starring Zachary Scott and Virginia Mayo, and featuring Elisha Cook Jr., Dorothy Malone, and Douglas Kennedy. The crime thriller was directed by Richard L. Bare based on a story written by David Lang. [1] The film tells of mob lawyer Walter Colby (Zachary Scott), whose involvement with a crime syndicate and a ...
Flaxy Martin: Directed by Richard L. Bare. With Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Tom D'Andrea. Mob attorney Walter Colby is manipulated by showgirl Flaxy Martin into taking the rap for a murder committed by mobster Hap Richie's goons but he escapes and tries to get revenge.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Richard L. Bare
- 1949-02-15
Flaxy Martin. Attorney Walter Colby (Zachary Scott) has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his sultry girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin (Virginia Mayo), who ...
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- Richard L. Bare
- Crime, Drama
- Virginia Mayo
Behind Walt's back, Flaxy and Hap pay Peggy Ferrar to say that she was with Caesar the night of the murder, and he is released for lack of evidence. The plan backfires, however, when Peggy tries to blackmail Hap, saying that she will admit to perjury unless he pays her $10,000. Hap then orders Caesar to kill Peggy and implicate Flaxy. When ...
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Unscrupulous showgirl Flaxy Martin involves young attorney Walter Colby with mobster Hap Richie. A girl is murdered, with the evidence pointing to Flaxy, and Colby takes the rap and gets a 20 year sentence. San Malko gives Colby the clue to the real killer and, en route to prison, he escapes and is found by Nora Carson who shelters him.
Richard L. Bare’s Flaxy Martin often goes overlooked or underappreciated in film noir discussions yet it delivers a full spread of noir elements (the frame, the fugitive, the femme fatale) with the solid production values for which Warner Brothers was known. Zachary Scott stars as Walter Colby, a lawyer trying unsuccessfully to extricate ...
