Taxi 539 doesn't answer
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Taxi 539 doesn't answer |
| Original title | 99 River Street |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 79 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Phil Karlson |
| script |
Robert Smith George Zuckerman (Story) |
| production | Edward Small |
| music |
Emil Newman Arthur Lange |
| camera | Franz Planner |
| cut | Buddy Small |
| occupation | |
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Taxi 539 does not respond (Original title: 99 River Street ) is one in black and white twisted American film noir of Phil Karlson from the year 1953rd
action
The bitter former boxer Ernie Driscoll, who had to retire because of an eye injury sustained in the ring, makes a living as a taxi driver in New York. His wife Pauline, dissatisfied with her poor life, has a secret affair with the criminal Victor Rawlins and wants to leave the country with him. But when Rawlins' fence refuses to buy the diamonds stolen from a robbery because of Pauline's complicity, Rawlins murders Pauline and tries to blame Ernie for the crime. In his escape from the police, Ernie is supported by his good friend Linda James. With their help, he succeeds in unmasking the real murderer. The two then begin a new life together.
background
Taxi 539 Not Responding opened in US theaters on October 3, 1953. In Germany it was released on April 30, 1954.
criticism
"A well-staged gangster film that spreads a climate of latent violence through massive brutality."
Web links
- Taxi 539 does not respond in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Taxi 539 does not answer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 10, 2020 . .
- ↑ Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward (Ed.): Film Noir. An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, Third Edition. Overlook / Duckworth, New York / Woodstock / London 1992, ISBN 978-0-87951-479-2 , p. 210.