Directed by John Huston
With John Huston, Brooks adapted Maxwell Anderson’s 1939 play about an everyman defending a war hero’s family from marauding bandits; here the action was transposed to post-World War II, and the theme of personal responsibility heightened. Thematically, the story shares genetic material with films as diverse as Storm Warning, Crossfire, Lord Jim and even White Savage. Critically, it was one of Brooks’ greatest successes up to that time. Claire Trevor won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as a washed-up nightclub singer and gun moll.
Warner Bros. Producer: Jerry Wald. Screenwriter: Richard Brooks, John Huston. Cinematographer: Karl Freund. Editor: Rudi Fehr. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor. 35mm, Black and White, 100 min.
