The Street With No Name
by William Keighley
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Actor: Barbara Lawrence, Ed Begley, Lloyd Nolan, Mark Stevens, Richard WidmarkDirector: William Keighley
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald
Editor: William Reynolds
Producer: Samuel G. Engel
Writer: Samuel G. Engel
Writer: Harry Kleiner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Review: Superb Documentary Noir
Summary: 5 Stars
A fascinating and challenging subcategory of film noir is that of documentary noir, in which the elements of documentary filmmaking is blended with the shadowy world of mystery encompassing noir as a basic genre. "The Street With no Name" directed by William Keighley is a superb 1948 Fox film that ideally meshes the best of both worlds for a superb result.
The title was taken from a then current saying describing the turbulent post-World War Two crime scene. Sophistication had caught up with brute strength as gangsters formed formidable organizations in which the temptations of bribery were employed to get people in the world of law enforcement to provide necessary tip-offs, enabling them to achieve greater success in their enterprises and at the same time to eliminate detection. These well-organized enterprises were said to be akin to streets, but under the prevailing codes of silence streets bearing no names.
The story begins with FBI agent Lloyd Nolan selecting one of the best and brightest of the current new agency crop to assist him in nailing a successful gang run by shrewd and fierce Richard Widmark, just one year after his triumphant film debut as the sadistic Tommy Udo in "Kiss of Death." The character Widmark plays in this film, Alec Stiles, is every bit as ruthless as Udo, but much craftier. He successfully co-opts an operative in the local mayor's office to provide him with needed information on friends and enemies so he can enhance his strangle hold on the local crime scene.
Lloyd Nolan selects Mark Stevens to show up in town as a drifter and attract Widmark's attention with the idea of being asked to join his gang. One young gang member who befriends Stevens is future director Joseph Pevney.
Stevens projects a demeanor of cocky confidence as he visits the local boxing gym that the FBI knows is owned by and operates as headquarters for Widmark. He chides a local fighter and his trainer to coax him into a sparring session. When Stevens, someone the mob is convinced will get his head knocked off in the ring with a seasoned professional boxer, holds his own and demonstrates some nifty moves, he in the process impresses local crime boss Widmark. From there it is just a short time before Stevens is asked to join the gang.
From there the plot intensifies and interest increases as Stevens funnels information to the FBI while Widmark is apprized of what is happening by his inside man in the mayor's office. Tension builds as the audience wonders whether Stevens will be able to pull off the feat of gaining enough information on Widmark and his enterprise to enable the FBI to close it down or whether the wily mobster will catch on, aided by his contact.
Lloyd Nolan has not allowed Stevens to function on his own. For protection he has placed agent John McIntire in the hotel directly across from the one where Stevens stays. As things heat up for Stevens the same applies to his colleague McIntire.
Downtown Los Angeles locations provide authenticity. Main Street with its cheap bars, fleabag hotels and pawnshops helps convey a menacing noir look and feel, particularly in the darkness of late evening shots. Many sequences were filmed at Main Street Gym, where some of the all-time greats of boxing, from Joe Louis to Muhammad Ali, trained for Los Angeles bouts.
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