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Shockproof
Sign in to saveShockproof is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Patricia Knight and Cornel Wilde. Wilde and Knight were husband and wife during filming. They divorced in 1951.
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6.3Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
Cast
- Cornel Wilde as Griff Marat
- Patricia Knight as Jenny Marsh
- John Baragrey as Harry Wesson
- Esther Minciotti as Mrs. Marat
- Howard St. John as Sam Brooks
- Russell Collins as Frederick Bauer
Themes
- italian american
- release from prison
- ex-boyfriend
- fake identity
- woman between two men
- femme fatale
- film noir
- fugitive
- on the run
- los angeles, california
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moviesShockproof [1949] Dir.Douglas Sirk, Starring Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Douglas Sirk
- Screenwriter
- Samuel Fuller
- Cast member
- Esther Minciotti
- Composer
- George Duning
- Producer
- S. Sylvan Simon
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Duration
- 79
- FilmAffinity ID
- 742184
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- publication date
- 1949-03-19
- title
- Shockproof
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Jean Louis
- review score
- tbd/100
- film editor
- Gene Havlick
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Shockproof is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Patricia Knight and Cornel Wilde. Wilde and Knight were husband and wife during filming. They divorced in 1951.
==Plot== Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde), is a parole officer who falls in love with a parolee, Jenny Marsh (Patricia Knight). Marsh had gone to prison in order to protect Harry Wesson (John Baragrey) a gambler with whom she was having an affair.
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