Main Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle, Timothy Carey, John Cliff
Release Year: 1955
Country: US
Run Time: 85 minutes
Plot
Director Harold D. Schuster, heretofore more at home with "outdoor" fare, does a nice job with the film noir trappings of Finger Man. Frank Lovejoy plays the title character, a career criminal named Casey Martin. In exchange for immunity from prosecution, Martin agrees to help the Feds net a larger fish--namely, big-time mobster Dutch Becker (Forrest Tucker). Torn between the two men is good-time girl Gladys Baker (Peggie Castle). The moment she casts her lot with Martin, Gladys seals both her doom and Becker's. Finger Man is stolen hands-down by the saturnine Timothy Carey as Becker's wacko triggerman (reportedly, Carey was nearly punched out by Frank Lovejoy when the latter caught on he was being upstaged). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
William Leicester - Rogers; Glenn Gordon - Carlos Armor; John Close - Walters; Hugh Sanders - Mr. Bums; Evelyn Eaton - Lucille; Charles Maxwell - Amory; Lewis Charles - Lefty Stern
Credit
Harold D. Schuster - Director, Maurice E. Wright - Editor, Paul Dunlap - Composer (Music Score), William Sickner - Cinematographer, Lindsley Parsons - Producer, Warren Douglas - Screenwriter, John Lardner - Short Story Author, Morris Lipsius - Short Story Author
