La Griffe du passé (1947)
25/11/1947 (US) - 96 minutesJeff Bailey, ancien détective privé, tente de vivre une vie paisible, mais son passé revient le hanter. Il fut jadis embauché par un joueur de casino pour retrouver sa petite amie en fugue, Kathy. Jeff l'avait retrouvée au Mexique et en était tombé amoureux. Elle l'avait ensuite incité à doubler le joueur, mais c'est bien Jeff qui a fini par se faire doubler. Des années plus tard, la vie tranquille de Jeff est de nouveau bouleversée lorsque ses anciens associés criminels le retrouvent. Il court un grand danger : quelqu'un tente de lui mettre un meurtre sur le dos.

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Robert Mitchum
Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
Jane Greer
Kathie Moffat
Kirk Douglas
Whit Sterling
Paul Valentine
Joe Stephanos
Virginia Huston
Ann Miller
Rhonda Fleming
Meta Carson
Richard Webb
Jim
Steve Brodie
Jack Fisher
Dickie Moore
The Kid
Ken Niles
Leonard Eels
Mary Field
Marny (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Tillotson (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Canby Miller (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Eunice Leonard (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Sheriff (uncredited)
John Kellogg
Lou (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Homer Dickenson
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Bill Wallace
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Wesley Bly
Harlem Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd
Woman at Harlem Club (uncredited)
James Bush
Doorman (uncredited)
James Conaty
Bartender in Acapulco (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Adda Gleason
Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
Philip Morris
The Porter (uncredited)
Manuel París
Croupier (uncredited)
Caleb Peterson
Man with Eunice (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Man in Nightclub Cloakroom (uncredited)
Charles Regan
Mystery Man (uncredited)
Tony Roux
Jose Rodriguez (uncredited)
Wallace Scott
Petey the Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Rafferty (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Casino Patron (uncredited)