Act of Violence (1949)

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Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

Starring (View all)

Van Heflin
Frank R. Enley

Robert Ryan
Joe Parkson

Janet Leigh
Edith Enley

Mary Astor
Pat

Phyllis Thaxter
Ann

Berry Kroeger
Johnny

Taylor Holmes
Gavery

Harry Antrim
Fred

Written by

Collier Young
(story)

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Release date: 3 September 1949

Tags: Film Noir (5), Revenge (3), Fishing Trip (2), Rental Car (2), Drama (2), 1948 (2), Car Crash (1), MGM Studios (1), Taxi Cab (1), Dark Past (1), Informer (1), Prisoner Of War (1), No Opening Credits (1), Secret Past (1), Home Building (1), Drunkenness (1), Newspaper (1), Small Town (1), 1940s (1), Betrayal (1)

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