Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning

1947 · 100 min · EN · NR · 6.6 (118 votes)
Dir. John Cromwell · Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller · Music Marlin Skiles

He Doesn't Trust Anyone... Especially Women!

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Paratroopers Captain 'Rip' Murdock and Sergeant Johnny Drake are mysteriously ordered to travel to Washington, DC. When Drake learns that he is to be awarded the Medal of Honor, he disappears before newspaper photographers can take his picture. Murdock follows the clues and tracks him down, where he learns Drake is dead. Further investigations reveal unexpected twists. Rip learns that Johnny had been accused of murder and sets out to find out whatever he can. He falls in love with Coral whose husband Johnny is supposed to have killed.

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A shadowy, rain-slicked journey into a man's fractured psyche. This noir classic unravels a tale of mistaken identity and wartime ghosts, wrapped in a haunting mystery that lingers long after the credits roll.

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