The Long Wait
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| Directed by | Victor Saville |
| Produced by | Lesser Samuels |
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| Based on | the novel by Mickey Spillane |
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| Music by | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco |
| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Edited by | Ronald Sinclair |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time
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94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
The Long Wait is a 1954 film based on the 1951 novel of the same title by mystery writer Mickey Spillane.
Contents
Plot
Johnny McBride is badly hurt while hitch hiking and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Two years later, a clue leads him to his old home town, where he finds he is a murder suspect. McBride tries to clear his name of the presumed murder charges. Thugs working for the local mob boss try to end his meddling.
Cast
- Anthony Quinn as Johnny McBride
- Charles Coburn as Gardiner
- Gene Evans as Servo
- Peggie Castle as Venus
- Mary Ellen Kay as Wendy Miller
- Shirley Patterson as Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
Reception
The New York Times called it slow paced, boring, and likely to disappoint fans of the novel.[2]
Noir analysis
Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward writes: "The inclusion of amnesia, giving the hero a sense of hopelessness compounded by the frustration of his loss of identity, instills a distinct existential bias into McBride's search. This attitude combines with a pervading sense of corruption and dehumanization to give The Long Wait a fatalistic noir ethos."[3]
References
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