Desperate

A young couple's life is transformed by a twist of fate into a paranoid flight from the threat of criminal vengeance. One of a number of low budget film noirs directed by Anthony Mann in the forties with a striking use of chiaroscuro, oblique camera angles and spare but effective camera movement.

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"An honest young trucker is kidnapped by fur thieives and forced to flee with his bride."
"Faussement accusé de vol, Steve, un routier, alerte la police, et dénonce les vrais coupables... Mais il est poursuivi par les gangsters en quête de vengeance... Les débuts d'Anthony Mann et déjà un style..."
"A young couple's life is transformed by a twist of fate into a paranoid flight from the threat of criminal vengeance. One of a number of low budget film noirs directed by Anthony Mann in the forties with a striking use of chiaroscuro, oblique camera angles and spare but effective camera movement."@en
"An Everyman who accepts what he thinks is an honest trucking job, only to find he's the driver in a botched heist that puts Brodie and his bride on the run from the cops and the cons who planned the job."
"Summary: United States, 1947. With 1947's Desperate, Director Anthony Mann entered the ranks of class-A directors. In his first important role, Steve Brodie plays newlywed trucker Steve Randall, who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time during a fur robbery. Kidnapping Randall, the criminals, led by Walt Radak, threaten to mutilate Randall's wife unless he confesses to a murder committed by Radak's brother during the theft. Randall manages to escape, however he and his wife are soon pursued by both the crooks and the police. Offair, ABC, 70 min."
"When mobster Walt Radak tries to trick independent trucker Steve Randall into transporting stolen furs, Steve alerts the police, and Walt's young brother Al is caught and held for a cop-killing. When ruthless Radak tries to extort Steve's help in clearing Al, Steve and his young wife flee for their lives, only to find that the police are also in pursuit. With every man's hand against them, Steve and Anne must repeatedly abandon their temporary refuges. Finally, one midnight, the showdown ..."@en
"When mobster Walt Radak tries to trick independent trucker Steve Randall into transporting stolen furs, Steve alerts the police, and Walt's young brother Al is caught and held for a cop-killing. When ruthless Radak tries to extort Steve's help in clearing Al, Steve and his young wife flee for their lives, only to find that the police are also in pursuit. With every man's hand against them, Steve and Anne must repeatedly abandon their temporary refuges. Finally, one midnight, the showdown ..."