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1947 film by Lesley Selander

Blackmail
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lesley Selander
Screenplay by	Royal K. Cole Albert DeMond (additional dialogue)
Story by	Robert Leslie Bellem
Produced by	William J. O'Sullivan (associate producer)
Starring	William Marshall Adele Mara Ricardo Cortez
Cinematography	Reggie Lanning
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Music by	Mort Glickman (uncredited)
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	July 24, 1947 (1947-07-24)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Blackmail is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Lesley Selander and starring William Marshall, Adele Mara and Ricardo Cortez. The lead character is based on a pulp magazine hero Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective.

Plot

A shamus is approached by an entertainment executive to stop a blackmail plot against him.

Cast

William Marshall as Dan Turner
Adele Mara as Sylvia Duane
Ricardo Cortez as Ziggy Cranston
Grant Withers as Police Inspector Donaldson
Stephanie Bachelor as Carla
Richard Fraser as Antoine le Blanc
Roy Barcroft as Spice Kellaway
George J. Lewis as Blue Chip Winslow
Gregory Gaye as Jervis
Tristram Coffin as Pinky
Eva Novak as Mamie, the Maid
Bud Wolfe as Gomez
Tom London as Tom (uncredited)
Ben Welden as Bartender (uncredited)

Reception

When released The New York Times critic gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Evidently the writers and/or Republic, the manufacturer, were convinced that some fast dialogue would enhance the rather confused goings on. But this yarn about a California playboy who becomes involved with shakedown artists and is aided by a brash, private investigator needed more than an occasional bright quip to keep things clear and moving."

References

Blackmail at IMDb.
The New York Times film review, August 5, 1947. Last accessed: February 26, 2011.

External links

Blackmail at IMDb
Blackmail at the TCM Movie Database

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Films directed by Lesley Selander

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936)
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936)
Empty Saddles (1936)
Sandflow (1937)
Left-Handed Law (1937)
Smoke Tree Range (1937)
Hopalong Rides Again (1937)
The Barrier (1937)
Partners of the Plains (1938)
Heart of Arizona (1938)
Bar 20 Justice (1938)
Pride of the West (1938)
Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938)
The Mysterious Rider (1938)
The Frontiersmen (1938)
Sunset Trail (1939)
Silver on the Sage (1939)
Heritage of the Desert (1939)
Renegade Trail (1939)
Range War (1939)
Santa Fe Marshal (1940)
Knights of the Range (1940)
Hidden Gold (1940)
Stagecoach War (1940)
Cherokee Strip (1940)
Three Men from Texas (1940)
Doomed Caravan (1941)
The Round Up (1941)
Pirates on Horseback (1941)
Wide Open Town (1941)
Stick to Your Guns (1941)
Riders of the Timberline (1941)
Undercover Man (1942)
Lost Canyon (1942)
Red River Robin Hood (1942)
Thundering Hoofs (1942)
Bandit Ranger (1942)
Border Patrol (1943)
Bar 20 (1943)
Colt Comrades (1943)
Buckskin Frontier (1943)
Riders of the Deadline (1943)
Forty Thieves (1944)
Call of the Rockies (1944)
Bordertown Trail (1944)
Stagecoach to Monterey (1944)
Firebrands of Arizona (1944)
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
Three's a Crowd (1945)
Trail of Kit Carson (1945)
The Fatal Witness (1945)
Jungle Raiders (1945)
The Catman of Paris (1946)
Passkey to Danger (1946)
Traffic in Crime (1946)
Night Train to Memphis (1946)
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
Saddle Pals (1947)
Last Frontier Uprising (1947)
Robin Hood of Texas (1947)
The Red Stallion (1947)
Blackmail (1947)
Panhandle (1948)
Guns of Hate (1948)
Strike It Rich (1948)
Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)
Stampede (1949)
Sky Dragon (1949)
Rustlers (1949)
Dakota Lil (1950)
Rio Grande Patrol (1950)
Short Grass (1950)
Storm over Wyoming (1950)
The Kangaroo Kid (1950)
Riders of the Range (1950)
Overland Telegraph (1951)
Cavalry Scout (1951)
I Was an American Spy (1951)
Flight to Mars (1951)
Pistol Harvest (1951)
The Highwayman (1951)
Law of the Badlands (1951)
Road Agent (1952)
The Raiders (1952)
Fort Osage (1952)
Battle Zone (1952)
Flat Top (1952)
Trail Guide (1952)
Cow Country (1953)
Fighter Attack (1953)
Fort Algiers (1953)
The Royal African Rifles (1953)
War Paint (1953)
Fort Vengeance (1953)
Arrow in the Dust (1954)
The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)
Dragonfly Squadron (1954)
Fort Yuma (1955)
Desert Sands (1955)
Shotgun (1955)
Tall Man Riding (1955)
The Lone Ranger (1956)
The Broken Star (1956)
Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956)
Tomahawk Trail (1957)
Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957)
Outlaw's Son (1957)
Taming Sutton's Gal (1957)
The Wayward Girl (1957)
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)
War Party (1965)
Fort Courageous (1965)
Convict Stage (1965)
Town Tamer (1965)
The Texican (1966)
Fort Utah (1967)
Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)

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