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Joseph Losey
USA      88 m.
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Twenty years after Fritz Lang directed his masterpiece M (1931), Losey tackled a remake of this horrific tale about the hunt for a child killer, partly based on true facts. Here, the German serial killer Hans Beckert becomes the American Martin Harrow and the action shifts from Berlin to Los Angeles, the city whose most sinister side Losey is so skilled at extricating. One of the director’s most forgotten works and one most deserving another look.

Director
Joseph Losey
Screenplay
Norman Reilly Raine, Leo Katcher
Production
Superior Pictures
Seymour Nebenzal
Photography
Ernest Laszlo
Edition
Edward Mann
Music
Michel Michelet
Cast
David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Luther Adler, Martin Gabel, Steve Brodie
Running Time
88 m.
Country
USA
Year
1951
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