Impact (1949)
Synopsis of Impact
Though he doesn't know it at first, industrialist Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) shouldn't trust his wife Irene (Helen Walker) any farther than he can throw her. Irene schemes with her lover Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett) to kill Walter in an "accidental" car crash. The plan fails, and it is Jim who is killed. When it develops that he is assumed to have also died in the accident, Walter changes his name and heads to a small town where no one knows him. Here he starts life all over again as a humble garage mechanic, falling in love with his boss Marsha Peters (Ella Raines) in the process. Disaster looms when detective Quincy (Charles Coburn) comes sniffing around; it seems that Lt. Quincy suspects the incognito Williams of murdering Torrance. To reveal any more would be giving the game away. Impact co-stars longtime favorite Anna May Wong, making her first screen appearance since 1942. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 111 mins
Complete Cast of Impact
- Brian Donlevy - Walter Williams
- Charles Coburn - Lieutenant Quincy
- Mae Marsh - Mrs. Peters
- William Wright - District Attorney
- Philip Ahn - Ah Sing
- Sam Finn
- Raymond Bond
- Sheila Graham - Herself
- Glenn Vernon - Ed
- William H. Ruhl
- Jason Robards, Sr. - Judge
- Clarence Kolb - Darcy
- Hans Herbert - Station master
- Anna May Wong - Su Lin
- Tom Greenway - Moving van driver
- Harry V. Cheshire - Irene's Attorney
- W.J. O'Brien
- Mary Landa - Della
- Ella Raines - Marsha Peters
- Helen Walker - Irene Williams
- Tony Barrett - Jim Torrance
- Robert Warwick - Capt. Callahan
- Linda Johnson - Telephone operator
- Richard H. Gordon
- Mike Pat Donovan
- Thomas Brown Henry
- Erskine Sanford - Dr. Bender
- Ruth Robinson - Apartment manager
- Frank Pershing
- Joe Kirk - Hotel clerk
- Will Wright - District Attorney
- Ben Welden - Moving van helper
- Joel Friedkin - Uncle Ben
- Art Baker - Defense attorney (Eldridge)
- Martin Doric
- Director(s):
- Arthur Lubin
- Writer(s):
- Dorothy Reid, Dorothy Davenport, Jay Dratler
- Producer(s):
- Leo C. Popkin
- Looking for special editions of Impact?
- See All Versions
- Subtitles:
- Check All Versions
- Closed Captioning:
- Check All Versions
