Cornered

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Cornered

1945

1h 42m

6.0(43 votes)

Thriller

Overview

A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.

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23 members

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Dick Powell

Laurence Gerard

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Walter Slezak

Melchior Incza

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Micheline Cheirel

Mme. Madeleine Jarnac(Laurent)

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Nina Vale

Señora Camargo

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Morris Carnovsky

Manuel Satana

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Edgar Barrier

DuBois, Insurance Man

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Steven Geray

Señor Tomas Camargo

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Jack La Rue

Diego, Hotel Valet

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Gregory Gaye

Perchon, German Banker

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Luther Adler

Marcel Jarnac

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Ellen Corby

Swiss Maid (uncredited)

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Gino Corrado

Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

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Tanis Chandler

Airline Hostess (uncredited)

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Martin Cichy

Jopo (uncredited)

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Jean Del Val

M. Trabeau, First Prefect (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)

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Cy Kendall

Detective (uncredited)

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Nelson Leigh

Dominion Official (uncredited)

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Ethelreda Leopold

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Belle Mitchell

Hotel Maid (uncredited)

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Nestor Paiva

Police Official (uncredited)

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Stanley Price

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Kenneth MacDonald

Henchman (uncredited)

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