Characters & Themes
Below the Deadline (1946) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1946 · 65 mins · English
- Directed by
- William Beaudine
- Starring
- Charles Ferguson, Tom Quinn, Al Bridge, Philip Van Zandt, Sam Harris, Ramsay Ames
The film presents a gritty crime drama where the new treat‑em‑rough guy, Warren Douglas, embodies the kind of hero girls admire but rarely meet. Veteran Joe Hilton returns from war to discover his gangster brother Jeffrey has been murdered. Driven by vengeance, he assumes control of the family’s criminal empire, but his love, Lynn Turner, persuades him to abandon the life of crime and seek redemption.
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