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Act of Violence

An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Year

Genre

drama, film-noir, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

1 nomination

Frank R. Enley

Joe Parkson

Edith Enley

Pat

Ann

Phyllis Thaxter

Johnny

Gavery

Fred

Martha

Connie Gilchrist

Pop

Bellboy

German

Convention Party Drunk

Bystander

Voice

Barbara Billingsley

Heavy Jowled Man

Newsboy

Bystander

Conventioneer

Teenage Boy

Policeman

Convention Party Drunk

Convention Party Drunk

Bystander

Hotel Night Clerk

Man at Bar

A. Cameron Grant

Policeman

Wino Pedestrian

Mahlon Hamilton

Radio Commentator

Georgie Enley

Georgie Enley

Policeman

Bystander

Bystander

Policeman

Teenage Boy

Voice

Convention Party Drunk

Teenage Boy

Man at Bar

Bartender

Howard M. Mitchell

Man at Bar

Ralph Montgomery

Wino Pedestrian

Bystander

Bystander

Auto Rental Co. Attendant

Tim - Bartender

War Vet Speaker at Dedication

William 'Bill' Phillips

Girl

Convention Party Drunk

Bell Captain

Frank J. Scannell

German

Old Woman

Veteran

Cabbie

Bartender in Dive

Robert R. Stephenson

Conventioneer

Hotel Day Clerk

Man

Veteran's Wife

German

Bellboy

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Look I was going fishing before you put on your first pair of bobby socks - Act of Violence

Look I was going fishing before you put on your first pair...

Hello. - Act of Violence

Got a fellow named
Enley staying here? - Act of Violence

Got a fellow named Enley staying here?

Boat number 14. They're
fishing over in the inlet now. - Act of Violence

Boat number 14. They're fishing over in the inlet now.

Some lake. Swarming
with them, huh? - Act of Violence

Some lake. Swarming with them, huh?

Can I give you a hand with your fish?
- Very funny. - Act of Violence

Can I give you a hand with your fish? - Very funny.

Where's your fish?
- Go on, tell the man where your fish are. - Act of Violence

Where's your fish? - Go on, tell the man where your fis...

Did that fella find you? - Act of Violence

Did that fella find you?

More coffee?
- No, thanks. - Act of Violence

More coffee? - No, thanks.

Baby go on to bed please - Act of Violence

Baby go on to bed please

He's still there. - Act of Violence

He's still there.

It's all right, Georgie. - Act of Violence

It's all right, Georgie.

He won't come back again. - Act of Violence

He won't come back again.

Frank. - Act of Violence

When we packed up all of a sudden
and came out here from Syracuse... - Act of Violence

When we packed up all of a sudden and came out here from Syr...

I know you went through some bad times in the war - Act of Violence

I know you went through some bad times in the war

What did you mean when you said he'd make a scene - Act of Violence

What did you mean when you said he'd make a scene

You don't know what made him the way he is - Act of Violence

You don't know what made him the way he is

He's gone. He's left town. - Act of Violence

He's gone. He's left town.

Where is he?
- I told you, he's gone. - Act of Violence

Where is he? - I told you, he's gone.

He's got it nice here, hasn't he? - Act of Violence

He's got it nice here, hasn't he?

Just so there won't be any misunderstanding - Act of Violence

Just so there won't be any misunderstanding

I was lucky - Act of Violence

You be good now, Georgie. - Act of Violence

You be good now, Georgie.

I told you he was crazy - Act of Violence

I told you he was crazy

I didn't want to tell you I didn't want you to know it - Act of Violence

I didn't want to tell you I didn't want you to...

Suppose there is a grain of truth to it - Act of Violence

Suppose there is a grain of truth to it

We were in the same
outfit together... - Act of Violence

We were in the same outfit together...

Yes, ma'am?
- Excuse me... - Act of Violence

Yes, ma'am? - Excuse me...

How'd you find me?
- Was nothing much once I got here. - Act of Violence

How'd you find me? - Was nothing much once I got here.

Joe, you promised me. - Act of Violence

Joe, you promised me.

Joe, you can't do it. Don't you know
that? Don't you understand that yet? - Act of Violence

Joe, you can't do it. Don't you know that? Don...

Mrs. Enley?
- Yes? - Act of Violence

Mrs. Enley? - Yes?

I took him next door. - Act of Violence

I took him next door.

I want the Blake
Hotel, Los Angeles. - Act of Violence

I want the Blake Hotel, Los Angeles.

Ah. How could you
heard what he said? - Act of Violence

Ah. How could you heard what he said?

What are you doing down here handsome - Act of Violence

What are you doing down here handsome

I had a better place
but it got too expensive. - Act of Violence

I had a better place but it got too expensive.

Cheer up Frankie - Act of Violence

Cheer up Frankie

What is it Love trouble or money trouble - Act of Violence

What is it Love trouble or money trouble

I have Yeah - Act of Violence

What is it? What is it? - Act of Violence

What is it? What is it?

Hey, Frankie, listen. - Act of Violence

Hey, Frankie, listen.

He's okay. Is Gavery here tonight?
- Yeah. - Act of Violence

He's okay. Is Gavery here tonight? - Yeah.

Tell him sugar Be smart He's a lawyer no kidding - Act of Violence

Tell him sugar Be smart He's a lawyer no kidding

All right, go ahead. - Act of Violence

All right, go ahead.

Now we have privacy. - Act of Violence

Now we have privacy.

I moved away from
Syracuse and came out here. - Act of Violence

I moved away from Syracuse and came out here.

He didn't mean it, what
happened over there. - Act of Violence

He didn't mean it, what happened over there.

You're the same man you were in Germany - Act of Violence

You're the same man you were in Germany

He'll go for it.
- Might need a little persuading. - Act of Violence

He'll go for it. - Might need a little persuading.

You're the same man
you were in Germany. - Act of Violence

You're the same man you were in Germany.

What do you care about one more
man? You sent 10 along already. - Act of Violence

What do you care about one more man? You sent 10 along alrea...

Tonight. The tunnel is through. - Act of Violence

Tonight. The tunnel is through.

Don't do it, Joe. Don't do it. - Act of Violence

Don't do it, Joe. Don't do it.

What's the matter with you? - Act of Violence

What's the matter with you?

Why did you have to come
here? I don't want any trouble. - Act of Violence

Why did you have to come here? I don't want any trouble...

Here. - Act of Violence

What are you doing
here? I told you to go... - Act of Violence

What are you doing here? I told you to go...

Are you the law What makes you think you're so much better than he is - Act of Violence

Are you the law What makes you think you're so much...

Do you think you can kill a man in cold blood and just forget it - Act of Violence

Do you think you can kill a man in cold blood and just...

If you go through with this, no matter
whether they kill you or put you in jail... - Act of Violence

If you go through with this, no matter whether they kill you...

Hello. Yeah, this is Parkson. - Act of Violence

Hello. Yeah, this is Parkson.

You better hurry up I wanna get out of here - Act of Violence

You better hurry up I wanna get out of here

Could you come back here
and pick me up later? - Act of Violence

Could you come back here and pick me up later?

Your suit's going to have
to go to the cleaners. - Act of Violence

Your suit's going to have to go to the cleaners.

How's the baby?
- Oh, fine. - Act of Violence

How's the baby? - Oh, fine.

Wow, that looks a little better. - Act of Violence

Wow, that looks a little better.

But I've thought a lot about a lot of things since I saw you - Act of Violence

But I've thought a lot about a lot of things since I...

But that doesn't mean
that I don't love you. - Act of Violence

But that doesn't mean that I don't love you.

You wanna see the paper? - Act of Violence

You wanna see the paper?

Edith.
- Yes? - Act of Violence

This will be okay here. - Act of Violence

This will be okay here.

All you can do now, Miss
Sturges, is wait right here. - Act of Violence

All you can do now, Miss Sturges, is wait right here.

No, wait. I've come to warn
you about something, Joe. - Act of Violence

No, wait. I've come to warn you about something, Joe.

Come on, please get back. - Act of Violence

Come on, please get back.

Call the emergency hospital. - Act of Violence

Call the emergency hospital.

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An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.

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Director: Fred Zinnemann

Writer: Robert L. Richards, Collier Young

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: drama, film-noir, thriller

Year: 1948

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Dec 1948

Awards: 1 nomination

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