Impact (1949 film)
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| Impact | |
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 Brian Donlevy with costar Ella Raines in Impact |
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| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
| Produced by | Leo C. Popkin |
| Written by | Dorothy Davenport Jay Dratler |
| Starring | Brian Donlevy Ella Raines |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | March 20, 1949 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 111 min |
| Language | English |
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Impact is a 1949 film noir starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines. Impact was filmed entirely in California and included scenes at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. The film was based on a story by film noir writer Jay Dratler.
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[edit] Plot
Millionaire-industrialist Walter Williams (played by Brian Donlevy) has a young wife (Helen Walker) who is trying to kill him. With the help of her young lover the plan falls apart when Williams survives a hit on the head from the thug. When the murderer flees the scene of the attempted killing, he kills himself in an accident with the victim's car. At this point, it is believed that Williams is dead. He ends up in a small town in Idaho, taking a job as a service station mechanic and falling in love with Marsha, the station owner (played by Ella Raines). Meanwhile the police arrests Williams' wife for his "murder". When Marsha eventually persudes Walter to goe back to clear his wife, he is charged with the murder of the lover, leaving Marsha and a kindly police detective (played by Charles Coburn) scrambling to prove his innocence.
[edit] Reaction
DVD Beaver Gary W. Tooze praised the B-movie. "As far as 'modest' Film Noirs go, this is one of the best. A simple plot idea is twisted to the max for late 1940's audiences." [1]
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Brian Donlevy | Walter Williams |
| Ella Raines | Marsha Peters |
| Charles Coburn | Lt. Tom Quincy |
| Helen Walker | Irene Williams |
| Anna May Wong | Su Lin |
| Robert Warwick | Capt. Callahan |
Impact co-star Anna May Wong, makes her first screen appearance since 1942.
[edit] Quote
In this world, you turn the other cheek, and you get hit with a lug wrench. - Walter Williams (Donlevy)
