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Genre
  
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Production
  
Columbia Pictures

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.4/10
IMDb

Director
  
Ted Tetzlaff

Music director
  
George Duning

Language
  
English

Johnny Allegro movie poster

Cast
  
George Raft
(Johnny Allegro),
Nina Foch
(Glenda Chapman),
George Macready
(Morgan Vallin),
Will Geer
(Schultzy),
Gloria Henry
(Addie),
Ivan Triesault
(Pelham Vetch)

Writer
  
Guy Endore
,
James Edward Grant

Release date
  
May 26, 1949 (1949-05-26)

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,
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,
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,
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,
Running Scared
,
House of Sand and Fog

Hd film trailer johnny allegro 1949


Johnny Allegro is a black and white 1949 American film noir, starring George Raft, Nina Foch, Will Geer, and George Macready. An ex-gangster (Raft) working as a federal agent runs afoul of a crime lord (Macready) who enjoys hunting humans for sport. The picture was directed by Ted Tetzlaff and produced by Columbia Pictures.

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Plot summary

Johnny Allegro (George Raft) is a former mobster who has gone over to the other side and now works for the U.S. Treasury Department as an undercover agent. Allegro is asked to help get the goods on Morgan Vallin (George MacReady), a polished counterfeiter who is involved in a right-wing plot to bring down the American government by flooding the U.S. economy with bogus currency.

Cast

  • George Raft as Johnny Allegro
  • Nina Foch as Glenda Chapman
  • George Macready as Morgan Vallin
  • Will Geer as Schultzy
  • Gloria Henry as Addie
  • Ivan Triesault as Pelham Vetch
  • Harry Antrim as Pudgy
  • William 'Bill' Phillips as Roy
  • Production

    The film was originally known as The Big Jump. Then it was known as Hounded.

    George Raft signed on to make the film in July 1948. It was his first movie at Columbia since She Couldn't Take It (1935). Jane Greer was sought for the female lead. However Nina Foch, who had just enjoyed a big stage success with John and Mary, took the role.

    Filming started in December 1948. Filming went for longer than intended, meaning Raft missed out on starring in The Big Steal. Some scenes were shot at Catalina Island.

    Reception

    The Los Angeles Times thought the film had "polish and novelty as a melodrama" but was still essentially a B picture. "Raft does well enough in a routine way although there is not too much illumination in this performance."

    The New York Times said "nothing of any slight distinction" except a scene where someone is killed with a bow and arror "has been written into this low-grade fiction... Nothing with any vague resemblance to vivid acting is contributed by Mr. Raft, who has become one of the most indifferent and comatose actors extant."

    References

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