The System (1953 film)
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Director Lewis Seiler Genres Film noir, Crime Fiction Country United States | 6.2/10 IMDb Music director David Buttolph Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 18, 1953 (1953-04-18) (United States) Based on the story "Investigation"
by Samuel Grafton Writer Jo Eisinger, Edith Grafton (story), Samuel Grafton (story) Production Warner Bros. Entertainment Cast Frank Lovejoy (John E. 'Johnny' Merrick), Joan Weldon (Felice Stuart), Robert Arthur (Rex Merrick), Paul Picerni (David Wiley), Don Beddoe (Jerry Allen), Jerome Cowan (Barry X. Brady)Similar movies Mysterious Intruder , The Big Sleep , Detour , The Night of the Hunter , Double Indemnity , Sunset Boulevard Tagline The shakedown shootout monster-reign that crimedom called... The System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The System is a 1953 American crime film noir directed by Lewis Seiler, and starring Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon and Robert Arthur.
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Plot
An honest bookmaker discovers the hard way that his line of work is a lot more dangerous that he first thought.
Cast
Critical response
When the film was first released, The New York Times' review was brutal. The film critic wrote, "It seems quite appropriate for Warner Brothers' The System, a stultified excursion into contemporary crime, to have opened at the Palace yesterday. The morning weather was drab and depressing. So was the picture ... The sad fact to be faced is that there is not a single thing to recommend The System. The performance of the feminine lead, Joan Weldon, is embarrassing in its inadequacy. Mr. Lovejoy makes an honest effort in a professional way, but the script is such a peachy morass he has no chance. That Lewis Seiler, the director, should fail so is more disappointing when one recalls his memorable Guadalcanal Diary." Forget this fiasco, for it is one of those soggy melodramas that serve only to fill out double bills."
References
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