San Francisco International Film Festival 20 April - 04 May 2006

USA, 1949, 89 min

Shown in 1994

CREDITS

dir

Anthony Mann

prod

William Cameron Menzies

scr

Philip Yordan, Aeneas MacKenzie

cam

John Alton

editor

Fred Allen

cast

Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Hart, Arnold Moss, Richard Basehart, Jess Berker, Norman Lloyd

OTHER

source

Columbia Pictures Repertory

COMMENTS

Shown in program titled, Master of Light: A Salute to John Alton. John Alton appeared in person. This was a newly struck print.

FACTOID #80

Irving ’Bud’ Levin, owner of San Francisco’s Metro Theatre, founded the SFIFF in 1957. However, Levin credited the idea for creating the Festival to the Italian consul general at the time, Pierluigi Alvera, who became one of its staunchest supporters.