Parole, Inc
6 /10 1 Votes6
Music director Alexander Laszlo Duration Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller Screenplay Sherman L. Lowe Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 24, 1948 (1948-11-24) (Los Angeles) Writer Sherman L. Lowe (screenplay), Sherman L. Lowe (original story), Royal K. Cole (original story) Cast (Richard Hendricks), (Barney Rodescu), (Jojo Dumont), Virginia Lee (Glenda Palmer), Charles Bradstreet (Harry Palmer), (Police Commissioner Hughes)Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , Jurassic World , John Wick , Furious 7 , Taken 3 , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Tagline The True Story of the Nation's Parole-Peddling Syndicate |
Parole inc 1948 film noir crime
Parole, Inc. is a 1948 American Film Noir film directed by Alfred Zeisler and featuring Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers and Virginia Lee.
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Plot

The film opens with a scene of FBI agent Richard Hendricks (Michael O'Shea) bedridden in a hospital bed, dictating the results of his investigation for a report to the California Governor. The dictation scenes are interrupted by long flashback scenes showing how the investigation proceeded.
After a number of paroles granted to dangerous career criminals, the California Governor and State Attorney General suspected corruption in the state parole board. They called upon Hendricks to investigate and expose those involved. Hendricks decided to go undercover as an ex-convict wanting to buy a parole for a criminal partner currently in jail. He then proceeded to infiltrate the social circle of another recent parolee of dubious character, Harry Palmer, and ask him how to purchase a parole. However, the people operating the parole purchase ring were quite secretive and ready to take extreme measures to prevent their exposure.
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Critical response
Film critic Dennis Schwartz panned the film, writing, "Alfred Zeisler (Fear) directs this uninteresting undercover police drama ... The story for this low-budget B-film from Eagle Lion studios is just about as far-fetched and ludicrous as the acting. It also lacked suspense, any surprises and the production values were shoddy. The only good thing is that it moves along at a fast clip and is over in a flash."
References
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