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Alias Nick Beal is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Farrow released in USA on 4 march 1949 with Ray Milland
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
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Add to a movie listAlias Nick Beal (British title: The Contact Man) is a 1949 film retelling of the Faust myth directed by John Farrow and starring Ray Milland, Audrey Totter and Thomas Mitchell (although third-billed, Mitchell plays the leading role). The picture is also known as Dark Circle, Strange Temptation and Alias Nicky Beal.
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The story picks up as Frankie Faulkner fails in his attempt to blackmail the district attorney, Joseph Foster, into letting his boss, Hansen, go free from the charges against him. Frankie goes on to recruit young Larry Price, a criminal in the making, to join the boys' club led by Reverend Thomas Garfield, for which Frankie is a sponsor. Joseph is very keen on convicting Hansen for his crimes. He tells the reverend that he literally is prepared to "sell his soul" to get the job done. Later, Joseph is contacted by a man called Nick Beal, who wants to meet him at a dodgy café by the waterfront, called the "China Coast".Actors
Ray Milland
(Nick Beal)
Audrey Totter
(Donna Allen)
Thomas Mitchell
(Joseph Foster)
George Macready
(Thomas Garfield)
Fred Clark
(Frankie Faulkner)
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