In her short Hollywood career, Dixon had 15 film and television credits. She began acting under an RKO contract, and Howard Hughes planned to make her the new Jane Russell. There is not a lot of easy to obtain information about this beauty. Joan Dixon played potential Femme Fatale Diane Morley. Brocco was first covered as one of the bad guys in The Narrow Margin (1952). Stone was first covered in the great Film Noir Pickup on South Street (1953).Īt the beginning of the film, Hawk faced Peter Brocco played the uncredited bank robber. My old Gunsmoke favorite, Doc, Milburn Stone, played investigator Ray Egan. Heydt was first covered in the horror/comedy Zombies on Broadway (1945). Louis Jean Heydt played insurance investigator Harry Miller. Rode and buy his book, Charles McGraw: Biography of a Film Noir Tough Guy. If you are interested in Charles McGraw, check out my interview with Alan K. McGraw was first mentioned in Brute Force (1947), but he was really first covered in another leading role, The Narrow Margin (1952). He was chewing rocks through this entire picture. One of the really great things about this short Film Noir is that Charles McGraw was the lead actor as insurance investigator Joe Peters. It’s likely that director Harold Daniels just stumbled into this low-key style that works so nicely within the genre - Daniels was known for very little except television and those terrible horror flicks that inevitably starred a Chaney or a Carradine - but we’re all thankful, however he arrived at his subdued style, because Roadblock is a real gem of a film.” Actors – Roadblock (1951) Returning “There’s probably no such thing as a nice, quiet little film noir, but Roadblock is as close as you can get. Over at She Blogs by Night, Stacia Kissick Jones said of the film: Unfortunately, when Dixon’s character has a sudden change of heart, the whole thing loses a lot of its urgency and intensity, undermining what had been a spectacularly promising beginning.” “Man, the first act of this is so fantastic! Joan Dixon as the frankly gold-digging, clever grifter, Charles McGraw as the bored insurance cop who burns it all down for a woman who won’t have him without money - it’s wonderfully seedy, with just the kind of overheated, small-time urgency that makes a noir great. Sakana1, in her review on Letterboxd, captured the essence of this film, saying: On my ever-changing list of all Film Noirs, I am slotting today’s film in at 75 of 917 films. Did I mention that Charles McGraw growls through the entire movie while Jean Dixon flatters the eyes? Today’s film has a 6.7 rating on, nothing on the Tomatometer, and 44 percent audience approval on. Today on Classic Movie Review, we are taking on Film Noir Roadblock (1951).
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