L'homme aux abois
I Walk Alone
Le bootlegger Frankie Madison a passé quatorze ans en prison. Fidèle au code d'honneur, il a payé pour son ami et associé Noll Turner. À sa sortie, il va réclamer sa part du butin à Turner, qui a entre-temps prospéré et engagé son frère comme comptable. Il découvre que les caïds ont formé des holdings financiers. Le pouvoir est disséminé entre actionnaires, et les méthodes expéditives du temps de la prohibition ne sont plus de mise. «Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le gangster devint homme d'affaires. Le gang céda la place à des multinationales anonymes. Le premier film qui montre ces transformations majeures au sein de la pègre fut le sous-estimé L'Homme aux abois.» M.S. et M. H.W. dans Un voyage avec Martin Scorsese à travers le cinéma américain, 1995 «L'Homme aux abois est un film très intelligent sur un homme totalement désarçonné par le nouveau monde de l'après-guerre. Un monde qui est aussi devenu le nouveau monde du cinéma : le gangster des années trente est deven
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George Rigaud
as Maurice
Mike Mazurki
as Dan
Mike Lally
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Mickey Knox
as Skinner
Bobby Barber
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
as Tiger Rose (uncredited)
Wendell Corey
as Dave
Franklyn Farnum
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lizabeth Scott
as Kay Lawrence
Bess Flowers
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Kirk Douglas
as Noll "Dink" Turner
Gino Corrado
as George (uncredited)
Bruce Lester
as Charles (uncredited)
Kristine Miller
as Alexis Richardson
Marc Lawrence
as Nick Palestro
John George
as Little Man at Newstand (uncredited)
Olin Howland
as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
as Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
as Henri the Chef (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
as Policeman (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
as Heinz (uncredited)
Cap Somers
as Butcher (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
as Frankie Madison
