The Lineup (film)
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| Directed by | Don Siegel |
| Produced by | Jaime Del Valle |
| Written by | Stirling Silliphant |
| Starring | Eli Wallach Robert Keith |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 11, 1958 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Lineup is a 1958 American film version of the police procedural series that ran on CBS radio from 1950-1953 and on CBS television from 1954-1960, directed by Don Siegel. The film has a number of scenes shot on location in San Francisco during the late 1950s including shots of the Embarcadero Freeway (then still under construction) and the Sutro Baths.
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[edit] Plot
An international drug-smuggling racket plants heroin on unsuspecting American tourists traveling in Asia, so that the dope can pass through customs undetected. Two psychopathic killers (Eli Wallach and Robert Keith) and their driver Richard Jaeckel then collect the contraband.
In the film Warner Anderson reprises his role as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie from the TV series. However, Tom Tully's character, Inspector Matt Grebb, is replaced by Inspector Al Quine, played by Emile Meyer.
[edit] Cast
- Eli Wallach as Dancer
- Robert Keith as Julian
- Warner Anderson as Lt. Ben Guthrie
- Richard Jaeckel as Sandy McLain
- Mary LaRoche as Dorothy Bradshaw
- William Leslie as Larry Warner
[edit] In popular culture
The film contains the line, "When you live outside the law, you have to eliminate dishonesty," of which Jonathan Letham writes that "Bob Dylan heard it…, cleaned it up a little, and inserted it into 'Absolutely Sweet Marie'" (as "To live outside the law you must be honest.").[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jonathan Lethem, "The Ecstasy of Influence", Harper's, February 2007, 59–71. p. 59.
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