Southside 1-1000
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| Directed by | Boris Ingster |
| Produced by | Frank King Maurice King |
| Written by | Bert C. Brown (story) Milton M. Raison (story) Boris Ingster Leo Townsend |
| Starring | Don DeFore Andrea King George Tobias Kippee Valez |
| Cinematography | Russell Harlan |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 16, 1950 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 73 min. |
| Language | English |
Southside 1-1000 is a 1950 semidocumentary-style film, considered film noir. The film stars Don DeFore, Andrea King and Gerald Mohr as the off-screen narrator.
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[edit] Plot
Based on a true story, the US secret service goes after a gang of counterfeiters, whose engraver (Morris Ankrum) has secretly constructed his plates while in prison. A federal agent (Don DeFore) poses as the counterfeiters' contact man in order to purchase enough bills to incriminate the gang.
[edit] Filming location
The final fight-to-the-death scene was filmed aboard Los Angeles' "Angels Flight", a cable-car service hanging 40 feet above the ground.
[edit] Critical reaction
A 1950 New York Times review praised the films actors, calling Andrea King "smooth as velvet." The review also notes "In the cinema's library of routine gangster fiction, Southside 1-1000 merits a comfortable middle-class rating being neither especially exciting nor particularly dull."
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Don DeFore | John Riggs/Nick Starnes |
| Andrea King | Nora Craig |
| George Tobias | Reggie |
| Barry Kelley | Bill Evans |
| Morris Ankrum | Eugene Deane |
