The Tattooed Stranger - 1950
- Director Edward Montagne
- Product Code: NA-DP-8051-DRA-LT
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New York City at the beginning of the 1950s. An unidentified woman is discovered dead inside a stolen automobile abandoned in a park, her face deliberately disfigured and almost every conventional means of identification removed. One surviving detail, a tattoo on her arm, becomes the first substantial lead for veteran Lieutenant Corrigan and Detective Frank Tobin, a younger officer recently transferred from the police laboratory to homicide fieldwork.
The investigation unfolds through the patient interpretation of physical evidence rather than spectacular deduction. Plant material recovered from the automobile, the workmanship of the tattoo and other apparently minor traces gradually establish a route through laboratories, tattoo parlours, neighbourhood businesses and less polished areas of New York. Tobin enlists the expertise of botanist Mary Mahan, and his scientific training begins to complement Corrigan's practical knowledge of police work, turning their contrasting methods into an increasingly effective partnership.
Directed by Edward Montagne, The Tattooed Stranger places the mechanisms of police investigation within the visual and dramatic territory of American film noir. Its New York locations give the mystery an unusually tangible urban environment in which streets, parks, cemeteries and working neighbourhoods become part of the evidence itself. As the dead woman's identity is reconstructed, the detectives move closer to a killer prepared to destroy witnesses and clues, converting a seemingly anonymous murder into a methodical pursuit through the city's darker margins.
| Work Record | |
| Original Title | The Tattooed Stranger |
| Title | The Tattooed Stranger |
| Year | 1950 |
| Direction | Edward Montagne |
| Countries of origin | United States |
| Gender | Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Mystery, Police Procedural, Romance |
| Colors | Black and White |
| Cast | John Miles, Patricia Barry, Walter Kinsella, Frank Tweddell, Rod McLennan, Henry Lasko, Arthur L. Jarrett, Jim Boles, William Gibberson, William Alston, Lewis Charles, Coleman Francis, Herbert Holcombe, Jack Lord |
| Producer | Jay Bonafield, Douglas Travers, Howard Hughes |
| Duration | 64 Min. |
| Original Language | English |
| Composer | Alan Shulman |
| Cinematography | William O. Steiner |
| Editing | David Cooper |
| Tagline | “TWO MEN LOVED THIS MURDERED WOMAN... That's All The Police Know”. | “Murder-by-Murder the killer leaves his trail!” |
| Screenplay | Philip H. Reisman Jr. |
| Edition Record | |
| Subtitle | Portuguese, Spanish |
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