Dead Reckoning

1947 · 100 min · dir. John Cromwell

Dead Reckoning is a 1947 American film noir starring Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott. Directed by John Cromwell, it was written by Steve Fisher and Oliver H.P. Garrett, based on a story by Gerald Drayson Adams and Sidney Biddell, adapted by Allen Rivkin. It follows a war hero, Warren Murdock (Bogart), who begins investigating the death of his best friend and fellow soldier, Johnny Drake. The investigation leads Murdock to his friend's lover, a mysterious woman. Drake was accused of murdering her husband. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.