Appointment with a Shadow (1958)
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George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal. The reporter knows that the crook, who has been accused of an ambush murder, is innocent, and he sets about to collar the real killer. Nader goes "cold turkey" on the booze despite tempations at every turn, and gets his man. Appointment with a Shadow is one of a handful of films directed by onetime I Led 3 Lives star Richard Carlson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- George Nader, Joanna Moore, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joseph Pevney, Richard Carlson, (more)
Synopsis of Appointment with a Shadow
George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal. The reporter knows that the crook, who has been accused of an ambush murder, is innocent, and he sets about to collar the real killer. Nader goes "cold turkey" on the booze despite tempations at every turn, and gets his man. Appointment with a Shadow is one of a handful of films directed by onetime I Led 3 Lives star Richard Carlson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Appointment with a Shadow
- George Nader - Paul Baxter
- Brian Keith - Lt. Spencer
- Frank de Kova - Dutch Hayden
- Argentina Brunetti - Mama Malatesta
- Russ Conway - Sgt. Sommers
- Jay C. Flippen - Sgt. Jack Gillen
- Richard Monda - Peanuts Malatesta
- Gilbert Roland - Sylvio Malatesta
- Tito Vuolo - Grocer
- Tony Curtis - Joe Martini
- Joanna Moore - Penny
- Virginia Field - Florence Knapp
- Stephen Chase - Sam Crews
- John Cliff - Father Giuseppe
- Ted de Corsia - Lt. Kilrain
- Kathleen Freeman - Rosa Cuneo
- Marisa Pavan - Anna Malatesta
- Herb Vigran - Charlie Cuneo
- Helen Wallace - Mother Catherine
- Director(s):
- Richard Carlson, Joseph Pevney
- Writer(s):
- Alec Coppel, Edwin Blum, John Robinson
- Producer(s):
- Robert Arthur, Howie Horwitz
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