Giants such as Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, Paul Robeson, Arthur Miller and Joseph Losey were among the hundreds denied work.
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Though sticking closely to the plot of the original, Losey turns the story into pungent Americana through his attention to alluringly grubby Los Angeles locations.
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From the start of this bitter 1951 film noir, directed by Joseph Losey, the forces of order are as much a menace as a comfort.