Set in and around the Kaiser Steel Mill in the modern city of Fontana, California, this drama plays out with remarkable use of Technicolor.
This film is often referred to as film noir, but plays out more like a soap drama, set around the heat, power and modernity of this steel town.
The use of technicolor here gives everything and everyone in this modern city a surreal look, much like Peyton Place, Twin Peaks, and Mon Oncle.
Directed by George Sherman and starring Ann Sheridan, John Lund, and Howard Duff. Location shooting took place at the Kaiser Steel Mill in Fontana, California with the remainder shot at Universal City. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Clatworthy and Bernard Herzbrun.
I noticed a remarkable machine at 0:50:00 - I have never seen anything quite like this before. So far, all I could dicover, is that it appears to be a type of pantelegraph, using a elctronic pantograph system over standard telephone wires. The only similar devices I could find were used during the latter part of the 1800s, this device looks far more modern.
It's quite something to have a machine that directiy dupliactes writing and drawing remotely.
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Stars: Ann Sheridan, John Lund, Howard Duff
Director: George Sherman
Writers: Gerald Drayson Adams, Lou Breslow, Leonard Freeman
Insights:
Production
Jeff Chandler was originally announced to play the male lead.[4]
Taglines
Men of steel! Women of flesh!
Trivia
The John Lund character drives a white 1951 Kaiser DeLuxe Sedan with a black top as an example of early product placement since the factory scenes were filmed at Kaiser Steel in California.
I created and added original subtitles for English, RU-vid should automatically translate those into other languages quite well.
PERFORMANCE:
0:00:00 REEL ONE
0:20:00 REEL TWO
0:40:00 REEL THREE
1:00:00 REEL FOUR
Main Cast:
Ann Sheridan as "Red" McNamara
John Lund as Steve Kostane
Howard Duff as Jim Denko
William Harrigan as Mac McNamara
Eileen Crowe as Millie McNamara
Chick Chandler as Ernie
James Best as Joe Rakich
Nancy Kulp as Dolores, waitress
Elaine Riley as Valerie
Tudor Owen as McIntosh
Don Dillaway as Collin
Gino Corrado as Diner Chef
Lois Wilde as Nurse
Frank Marlowe as Taxi Driver
James Dime as Restaurant Customer[3]
Technical Details:
Directed by George Sherman
Written by Gerald Drayson Adams & Lou Breslow
Story by Leonard Freeman
Produced by Leonard Goldstein (producer) & Ross Hunter (associate producer)
Starring Ann Sheridan, John Lund, Howard Duff
Cinematography Charles P. Boyle
Edited by Ted J. Kent
Music by Joseph Gershenson
Filming Locations:
Kaiser Steel Mill, Fontana, California, USA
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production Company Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date May 9, 1952 (United States)
Running time 85 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.1 million (US rentals)[1]
Sound mix: Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Colour: Color(Technicolor)
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1
Laboratory Technicolor
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm
Editing by Ted J. Kent
Art Direction by Robert Clatworthy & Bernard Herzbrun
Set Decoration by Oliver Emert & Russell A. Gausman
Costume Design by Bill Thomas
Makeup Department:
Joan St. Oegger - hair stylist
Bud Westmore - makeup artist
Sound Department:
Leslie I. Carey - sound
Joe Lapis - sound
Music Department:
Joseph Gershenson -musical director
Ethmer Roten -musician: flute (uncredited)
Miklós Rózsa - composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hans J. Salter - composer: stock music (uncredited)
Walter Scharf - composer: stock music (uncredited)
Frank Skinner - composer: stock music (uncredited)
Edward Ward - composer: stock music (uncredited)Additional Crew
William Fritzsche - Technicolor colour consultant
Additional Cast:
Larry Carper - Steel Worker / Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Patricia Channi - Model (uncredited)
Gino Corrad - Diner Chef (uncredited)
Don Dillaway - Collin (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime - Steel Worker / Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Clark Howat - Al Lyon (uncredited)
Robert Karnes - Intern (uncredited)
Donald Kerr - Townsman (uncredited)
Walter Lawrence - Steel Worker / Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Harold Lockwood - Steel Worker / Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton - Doctor (uncredited)
Frank Marlow - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
James McLaughlin - Helper (uncredited)
Tudor Owen - McIntosh (uncredited)
Bob Perry - Steel Worker / Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Lorin Raker - Meek Man (uncredited)
Elaine Riley - Valerie (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan - Restaurant Customer / Steel Worker (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan - Steel Worker / Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Lois Wilde - Nurse (uncredited)
Thanks to IMDB & Wikipedia for much of this information.
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