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Acting
Veronica Lake's ice-cold calculations behind those famous waves
Direction
de Toth's shadow-drenched valleys, violence as exhaustion not excitement
Cinematography
Western noir lighting: dust motes in gunsmoke, faces half-buried in darkness

Director
André de Toth
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