T-Men
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| Directed by | Anthony Mann |
| Produced by | Aubrey Schenck |
| Screenplay by | John C. Higgins |
| Story by | Virginia Kellogg |
| Starring | Dennis O'Keefe Mary Meade Alfred Ryder |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
| Cinematography | John Alton |
| Editing by | Fred Allen |
| Distributed by | Eagle-Lion Films |
| Release date(s) | December 15, 1947 (United States) |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
T-Men is a semidocumentary style 1947 film noir shot in black-and-white. The film was directed by Anthony Mann with cinematography by noted noir cameraman John Alton.[1]
The B-movie is featured in Visions Of Light: The Art Of Cinematography (1992) documentary for the drama's use of lighting.[2]
A year later, director Mann used the film's male lead, Dennis O'Keefe, in Raw Deal.
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[edit] Plot
The story is about two U.S. Treasury agents who go undercover in an attempt to break a counterfeiting ring.
The agents try to join the gang by posing as counterfeiters from out of town. They eventually join the gang but the stakes are set even higher when one of the agents is killed by the gang while the other undercover T-man watches in horror.
[edit] Cast
- Dennis O'Keefe as Dennis O'Brien
- Mary Meade as Evangeline
- Alfred Ryder as Tony Genaro
- Wallace Ford as The Schemer
- June Lockhart as Mary Genaro
- Charles McGraw as Moxie
- Jane Randolph as Diana Simpson
- Art Smith as Gregg
[edit] Remake
The film was remade in 1969, as The File of The Golden Goose, directed by Sam Wanamaker and starring Yul Brynner and Edward Woodward and this time set in London, England instead of the United States.[3]
[edit] Awards
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound (Jack Whitney).[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ T-Men at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Answers.com article on T-Men
- ^ IMDB movie connections
- ^ "The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/20th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
[edit] External links
- T-Men at the Internet Movie Database
- T-Men is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- T-Men at the TCM Movie Database
- T-Men film clip
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