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
	John Payne : Ernie Driscoll; Evelyn Keyes : Linda James; Brad Dexter : Victor Rawlins; Frank Faylen : Stan Hogan; Peggie Castle : Pauline Driscoll; Jay Adler : Christopher; Jack Lambert : Mickey; Glenn Langan : Lloyd Morgan;

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."

- Lexicon of international film

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.

[ldif-1] Taxi 539 does not answer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 10, 2020 . .

[2] 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.