Act of Violence

(1948)

82 minutes

Film Noir

Directed by Fred Zinnemann

Cast:

Van Heflin as Frank R. Enley
Robert Ryan as Joe Parkson
Janet Leigh as Edith Enley
Mary Astor as Pat
Phyllis Thaxter as Ann Sturges
Berry Kroeger as Johnny
Taylor Holmes as Gavery
Harry Antrim as Fred Finney
Connie Gilchrist as Martha Finney
Will Wright as Boat Rental Man

Frank Enley is a war veteran living a contented life in a small town with his wife. Things change when he finds that Joe Parkson is in town looking for retaliation for something that occurred in a camp in Germany. Enley leaves town for a meeting in L.A. and is scared Parkson will find him -- and he might -- Parkson is trailing right behind him.    

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