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Shot guerilla-style in New York City on a tiny budget, Guilty Bystander was quite a departure for its Hollywood-rooted starts, particularly Zachary Scott and his frequent screen partner Faye Emerson (by then nearly retired). The movie is newly, beautifully restored, and ot offers a great look at the seeder sides of NYC in 1950.
The primary appeal of Joseph Lerner’s Guilty Bystander is its oppressive atmosphere of low-budget depravity, which ensnares the cavalcade of desperate souls who populate the dark underbelly of New York City. Most desperate of all is Max Thursday (Zachary Scott), an alcoholic ex-cop who’s resorted to working as house detective for a sleazebag hotel owned by his friend Smitty (Mary Boland in ...
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Guilty Bystander fut retrouvé dans les réserves du British Film Institute et restauré par Nicolas Winding Refn [1]. Ce film est le dernier de Mary Boland et également de J. Edward Bromberg, qui fit partie de la Liste noire de Hollywood et dut quitter les États-Unis peu après le film. Notes et références
Guilty Bystander. Ex-cop Max Thursday sweats in a cheap flophouse in an alcoholic haze until his ex-wife appears, sending him on a desperate race against time and the bottle. A key independently-made noir gem by director Joseph Lerner, shot entirely on location in New York City. IMDb 6.2 1 h 32 min 1950. NR. Suspense · Drama.
On July 3, 2021, TCM showed "Guilty Bystander" (1950) on its weekly "Noir Alley" show (Saturday night at midnight ET, repeating Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. ...
Guilty Bystander: Can being in the wrong place at the wrong time make you a criminal? Guilty Bystander meets people who've been convicted under the controversial joint enterprise law. Part of True Crime on Channel 4.
