Dark City with Lizabeth Scott and Charlton Heston

Dark City was a 1950 black-and-white film in the film noir style. Heston is cast against type as a petty hood. The music score is by Franz Waxman. Actors Webb and Morgan went on to star in television's Dragnet. Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Scott (born Emma Matzo September 29, 1922 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. ... Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924), born John Charles Carter, is an American film actor noted for heroic roles. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Black-and-white (or variations including Black and White) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... Film noir is a style of film associated with crime films, that portrays its principal characters as acting out of desparation in a bleak and morally ambiguous world. ... Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906 - February 24, 1967), born Franz Wachsmann, was a German-American composer of music for films. ... Dragnet was a popular, influential and long-running radio and television police procedural about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles, California police detective, Joe Friday, and his partners. ...

Plot

A group of hustlers take a man for $5000 in a poker game. When the man ends up killing himself, the heat is put on the gamblers in the game. The dead man's vengeful brother begins picking off the gamblers one by one.

Cast

• Charlton Heston as Danny Haley/Richard Branton
• Lizabeth Scott as Fran Garland
• Viveca Lindfors as Victoria Winant
• Dean Jagger as Capt. Garvey
• Don DeFore as Arthur Winant
• Jack Webb as Augie
• Ed Begley as Barney
• Harry Morgan as Soldier

Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924), born John Charles Carter, is an American film actor noted for heroic roles. ... Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Scott (born Emma Matzo September 29, 1922 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. ... Dean Jagger (November 17, 1903 in film – February 5, 1991) was an American film actor. ... Don DeFore Don DeFore (1917-1993) was born, according to Halliwells Filmgoers Companion, in 1917 in Cedar Rapids, IA, though some sources, including IMDB.com, list his date of birth as 1913. ... Jack Webb John Randolph Jack Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer director, and writer who is most famous for his role as Detective Joe Friday in the television series Dragnet. ... Edward James Begley (March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970) was an American film actor. ... Harry Morgan (born April 10, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American television actor. ...

Quote

Playing cards with you two is like washing your feet with your socks on - Dany Haley