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C-Man (1949) - Movie Browser

75 minutes of pure noir paranoia—customs agents, dead bodies, and John Carradine being gloriously creepy.

scrappy underdog noirfaux-documentary gritpost-war anxiety

Overview

A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.

Content warning

film noir b movie semi-documentary

institutional powerlessnessmoral compromise in bureaucracyurban alienationthe cost of loyalty

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Gritty NYC location shooting steals every scene.

Acting

Carradine's oily villain outshines the whole cast.

Best for:Solo·Rewatch

Heads up:Violence

Director

Joseph Lerner

ReleasedMay 27, 1949

Runtime1h 15m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelmedium

Laurel Films

Top Cast

Dean Jagger

Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah

John Carradine

Doc Spencer

Harry Landers

Owney Shor

Adelaide Klein

Minnie Hoffman

Edith Atwater

Lydia Brundage

Walter Brooke

Joe

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