1h 35min | Crime, Drama, Music | 31 July 1955 | Color, WS
Director: Jack Webb
Stars: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin, Ella Fitzgerald.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048484/
Watched online, good print.
21st of 40 film credits for Martin Milner ('47-'75); 73 TV credits ('50-'97). 1st film for Jayne Mansfield. She may have been the cigarette girl in an early scene; I didn't spot her.
Previously rated 5 (Netflix, so that's not accurate), but I can't be so harsh today. Then again, there was little pleasure here. PL plays a drunken singer, so her singing is not good. EF sings 3 times, and has a few lines, but she's not onscreen much.
JW is actor, director and producer. Mark VII Ltd. is the production company for Dragnet, Adam-12, and other hard-boiled TV. And this film is hard-boiled, too. He also narrates the film, which is annoying.
Mark VII Ltd., distr. Warner, dir. Webb; 6-
