Dead Reckoning (1947)

19471h 41mdir. John CromwellUnited States of Americamystery filmfilm noir

With Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Marvin Miller, William Prince, Wallace Ford, Morris Carnovsky, James Bell, Ruby Dandridge

Directed by John Cromwell

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Dead Reckoning is a 1947 American film noir starring Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott. Directed by John Cromwell, it was written by Steve Fisher and Oliver H.P. Garrett, based on a story by Gerald Drayson Adams and Sidney Biddell, adapted by Allen Rivkin. It follows a war hero, Warren Murdock (Bogart), who begins investigating the death of his best friend and fellow soldier, Johnny Drake (William Prince). The investigation leads Murdock to his friend's lover, a mysterious woman. Drake was accused of murdering her husband.

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