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Impact (1949) ⏭ Public Domain Crime Drama Film Noir Movie ✔

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Impact is a 1949 American film noir drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines. Filmed entirely in California , the film included scenes filmed in Sausalito, and at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf and other locations around the city. Impact was based on a story by film noir writer Jay Dratler. The supporting cast features Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Anna May Wong, Philip Ahn and William Wright. PLOT The San Francisco, California-based millionaire industrialist Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) has a younger wife, Irene (Helen Walker), who is trying to kill him with the help of her young lover, Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett). After Walter and Irene make plans to drive to Lake Tahoe, Irene feigns illness and asks Walter to instead give Torrance, who is pretending to be Irene's "cousin" from Illinois, a lift to Denver, Colorado, allowing Torrance a chance to murder Walter en route. The plan falls apart when Williams survives a hit on the head from the would-be killer. Attempting to flee the scene in Williams' Packard Clipper convertible, Torrance dies in a fiery head-on collision with a gasoline tanker truck. The body of Torrance is mistakenly identified as Williams. In the meantime, Irene has made reservations at a hotel in Oakland for her and her boyfriend to meet afterward, under the assumed names of "Mr. & Mrs. Jack Burns." The wounded, dazed Williams falls asleep in the back of a moving van and ends up in the small town of Larkspur, Idaho. Using the name "Bill Walker," he gets a job as a service station mechanic and falls in love with Marsha Peters (Ella Raines), a young widow who is the station's owner. Meanwhile, the police arrest Williams' wife for his "murder." After Marsha eventually persuades Walter to go back to clear his wife, he is charged with murdering Burns. Marsha enlists the help of kindly police detective Quincy (Charles Coburn) to prove Walter's innocence. CAST Brian Donlevy as Walter Williams aka Bill Walker Ella Raines as Marsha Peters Charles Coburn as Lt. Tom Quincy Helen Walker as Irene Williams Tony Barrett as Jim Torrance aka Jack Burns Anna May Wong as Su Lin Robert Warwick as Capt. Callahan Philip Ahn as Ah Sing William Wright as the prosecutor Tom Greenway as Moving Van Driver Jason Robards, Sr. as the Judge (credited as Jason Robards) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Directed by Arthur Lubin Produced by Leo C. Popkin Screenplay by: Jay Dratler Dorothy Davenport Story by Jay Dratler Starring: Brian Donlevy Ella Raines Charles Coburn Music by Michel Michelet Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo Edited by Arthur H. Nadel Production company: Cardinal Pictures Distributed by United Artists Release dates: March 20, 1949 (New York City, New York) April 22, 1949 (United States) Running time: 111 minutes Country: United States Language: English ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe us for more movies: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGm1wQEYhmmDyJJ3FfVmm0Q?sub_confirmation=1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright: This media file is in the public domain in the United States.