Private Eye Simon Lash is hired by an old flame to find her missing husband.Private Eye Simon Lash is hired by an old flame to find her missing husband.Private Eye Simon Lash is hired by an old flame to find her missing husband.
Archie Twitchell
- Sheriff Rucker
- (as Michael Brandon)
Ray Jones
- Man in Hotel Lobby
- (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
- Hotel Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Lew Morphy
- Ranch Henchman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
- Monte - Gate Guard
- (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
- Police Lt. Hayden
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecast took place in New York City Friday 11 March 1949 on WCBS (Channel 2).
Featured review
Muddled Screenplay Undercuts Results
Plot-heavy detective programmer.
Among the many characters, you may need a scorecard to keep up with who's impersonating whom. Nonetheless, Arlen's got the needed edge as PI Simon Lash-- (with a name like that, the creators may have hoped a movie series would emerge). Too bad that great vixen Veda Ann Borg can't seem to get motivated in what amounts to a crucial spider woman role. It's one of the few times I've seen her walk through a part. Though the many traveling shots along California's post-war highways and byways are well staged, filming lacks appropriate mood and atmosphere. Still, whose inspiration was it to film around that castle in the desert, a real one, not a studio creation. Those are memorable scenes and perhaps the movie's high point. At the same time, casting comes up with a number of colorful characters to spice things up-- Twitchell's cagey sheriff, Hodgins' assertive caretaker and Ford's craggy old man, for instance.
A few period years later and a pretty good noir might have emerged to flavor up the turgid storyline. Anyway, for folks interested in vintage street scenes and isolated castles, this is a good flick to check out. Otherwise, the 60-minutes remains a flawed programmer that still manages a few compensations.
A few period years later and a pretty good noir might have emerged to flavor up the turgid storyline. Anyway, for folks interested in vintage street scenes and isolated castles, this is a good flick to check out. Otherwise, the 60-minutes remains a flawed programmer that still manages a few compensations.
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- dougdoepke
- May 27, 2018
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- Buscando la muerte
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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