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Decoy (1946)

14/09/1946 (US)Crime, Thriller1h 16m
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Overview

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Jean Gillie

      Jean Gillie

      Margot Shelby

    2. Edward Norris

      Edward Norris

      Jim Vincent

    3. Robert Armstrong

      Robert Armstrong

      Frank Olins

    4. Herbert Rudley

      Herbert Rudley

      Dr. Craig

    5. Sheldon Leonard

      Sheldon Leonard

      Sergeant Joe Portugal

    6. Marjorie Woodworth

      Marjorie Woodworth

      Nurse

    7. Philip Van Zandt

      Philip Van Zandt

      Tommy

    8. Carole Donne

      Carole Donne

      Waitress

    9. John Shay

      Al

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    A review by John Chard

    8.0
    Written by John Chard on Nov 20, 2013

    Can you come down to my level? Decoy is directed by Jack Bernhard and adapted to screenplay by Nedrick Young from a story written by Stanley Rubin. It stars Jean Gillie, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Sheldon Leonard and Edward Norris. Music is by Edward J. Kay and cinematography by L. William O’Connell. Margot Shelby (Gillie) is dying on the sofa, a “victim” of a gunshot wound. Sgt. Jo Portugal (Leonard) leans in to hear the story of how she came to be in this situation… Manic, delirious, bonkers, nasty, Decoy is all of those things, and more, wonderfully so. Running at under 8...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • prison
    • gangster
    • gas chamber
    • treasure map
    • femme fatale
    • film noir
    • doctor
    • execution
    • double cross
    • buried loot
    • deathbed confession