Dead Reckoning

1946 PG-13 1h 40m

6.8 / 10 158

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6.8/10

158

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War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.

Director John Cromwell

Writers

Steve Fisher Oliver H.P. Garrett Sidney Biddell

Stars

Humphrey Bogart Lizabeth Scott Morris Carnovsky

Crime Mystery

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User Reviews 2

Geronimo1967 16 Nov 2024

6/10

When his best pal absconds on his way to pick up a Medal of Honour, "Rip" (Humphrey Bogart) determines to get to the bottom of things. They'd been flown home from Germany and given some fairly VIP treatment, so there must have been a good reason for "Johnny" (William Prince) to do a bunk - but he did leave some clues, and as "Rip" attempts to piece things together he encounters his pal's love inte...

John Chard 22 Jan 2020

8/10

Middle rank film, top Bogart. When Rip's (Humphrey Bogart) army pal Johnny does a runner from the train taking them to Washington, it's the start of a shadowy street search that Rip undertakes to find out why his friend would do that. It soon becomes evident that Johnny was not who he said was, something that makes Rip's journey one that will involve murder, deception and one hell of a dame. ...