Million Dollar Weekend (1948)

Million Dollar Weekend (1948)

„Million Dollar Weekend“ is a 1948 film noir written and directed by Gene Raymond. The screenplay by Charles Belden is based on an original story by Matty Kemp and Gene Raymond.

Tired and disgusted with his life behind the desk, Nicholas Lawrence decides to get away from his drab life with a million dollars in security bonds, stolen from his office. On the flight to Hawaii, he bumps into the charming, Cynthia Strong, a damsel in distress, who is being blackmailed by Alan Marker for having murdered her husband.

Cast:

• Gene Raymond – Nicholas Lawrence
• Osa Massen – Cynthia Strong
• Francis Lederer – Alan Marker
• Robert Warwick – Dave Dietrich
• Patricia Shay – Sally
• James Craven – Dr. George Strong
• The Royal Hawaiian Serenaders – Hawaiian Singers
• Don Brodie – Taxi Driver
• Ken Christy – Airline Steward
• James Conaty – Mourner at Funeral
• Douglas Evans – Hotel Desk Clerk
• Franklyn Farnum – Plane Passenger
• Tom Ferrandini – Mourner at Funeral
• Jody Gilbert – Big Woman at Airline Counter
• Tim Graham – Pilot
• Kenner G. Kemp – Mourner at Funeral
• Wilbur Mack – Mourner at Funeral
• Charles Meakin – Plane Passenger
• Sol Murgi – Mourner at Funeral
• Keith Richards – Pilot
• Jeffrey Sayre – Airline Passenger
• Hal Taggart – Plane Passenger
• Paul Weber – Airline Clerk

„Million Dollar Weekend“ ist ein Film Noir aus dem Jahr 1948, geschrieben und inszeniert von Gene Raymond. Das Drehbuch von Charles Belden basiert auf einer Originalgeschichte von Matty Kemp und Gene Raymond.

Nicholas Lawrence, müde und angewidert von seinem Leben hinter dem Schreibtisch, beschließt, mit einer Million Dollar in Sicherheitsanleihen, die er aus seinem Büro gestohlen hat, seinem tristen Leben zu entfliehen. Auf dem Flug nach Hawaii trifft er auf die charmante Cynthia Strong, eine Jungfrau in Nöten, die von Alan Marker erpresst wird, weil er ihren Mann ermordet hat.