One Way Street

One Way Street is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring James Mason, Märta Torén and Dan Duryea. The crime film takes place mainly in Mexico.[1]

For other uses, see One Way Street (disambiguation).
One Way Street
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHugo Fregonese
Produced byLeonard Goldstein
Screenplay byLawrence Kimble
Story byLawrence Kimble
StarringJames Mason
Märta Torén
Dan Duryea
Music byFrank Skinner
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Edited byMilton Carruth
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1950 (1950-04-01) (United States)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Dr. Frank Matson, a physician, steals $200,000 from the henchmen of mob boss John Wheeler, after a robbery that Wheeler has pulled off along with Ollie, a member of his gang. Forced to go on the run, Matson also takes Wheeler's girlfriend Laura Thorsen with him.

After hiding out in Mexico, word gets back to Matson that Wheeler knows where he is. He and Laura return to Los Angeles planning to return the money, only to find Wheeler has been shot by Ollie. About to meet the same fate, Matson produces a gun and kills Ollie instead.

Laura is waiting for him at a cafe. As they leave, Matson turns to go phone the airline to get away with Laura, but is hit by a car coming down the one-way street.

Cast

Production

Jeff Chandler was originally announced for the lead.[2]

Reception

Film critic Bosley Crowther dismissed the film as uninteresting, "Perhaps it is all the fault of the script, which has our hero vacillating between a life of crime and regeneration via a lady's love and an honest but unremunerative practice. What it all adds up to is a standard romantic melodrama illustrating the facts that crime obviously doesn't pay and that the scenery and people below the border are colorful ... Like its title, One Way Street is explicitly obvious and not especially exciting."[3]

See also

References
  1. One Way Street at the American Film Institute Catalog.
  2. THOMAS F. BRADY (July 26, 1949). "BETTE DAVIS SEEKS TO LEAVE WARNERS: Negotiations Are Under Way to Cancel Contract, Making Actress a Free Agent". New York Times. p. 31.
  3. Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times film review, May 12, 1950. Accessed: August 16, 2013.
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