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      The Lineup

      Released Jun 11, 1958 1h 26m Crime Drama List
      88% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 83% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A mob killer (Eli Wallach) recovers planted heroin from tourists arriving in San Francisco. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      Roger Moore Movie Nation Workmanlike...tough, brutal and kind of kinky, with a finish that packs a punch. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 10, 2024 Full Review Nathanael Hood Unseen Films Cinematographer Hal Mohr made the best of his locations, more than once pausing the story so the film can drink in its characters being dwarfed by their surroundings... Rated: 7/10 Jun 28, 2020 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion A wry joke appreciated by Don Siegel in a scrupulous study of the San Francisco topography Apr 29, 2010 Full Review Sean Axmaker Seanax.com ... Siegel makes it all about the killers and gives the film a matter-of-fact violence that gives the film a life of its own. Dec 5, 2009 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Don Siegel's early masterpiece. Nov 6, 2009 Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Late film noir, with strange characters, and a time capsule look at San Francisco. Aug 9, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      nick s Surprisingly gritty and with more action than typical movies of this era. The antagonist was great. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/15/23 Full Review Bill B The first half is pretty stiff, like an episode of Dragnet. But it picks up after that and ends up with a satisfying finale. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Great scenes of late 1950's San Francisco, including the Sutro Baths before it burned down. excellent performances by Wallach as Dancer, a cold blooded killer, and Robert Keith as the participant/narrator who tells us about his psycho killer comrade. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review william k Leave it to Don Siegel to turn a regular police investigation story into a tough, tense thriller skillfully photographed on real locations with a highly suspenseful ending. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A few years before director Don Siegel did his classic take on Hemingway's The Killers which followed two hit men on a contract hit he did this movie with a similar plot. Robert Keith and Eli Wallach really aren't hit men in The Lineup. They are a hired collection men tracking down drugs unknowingly transported into America by innocent citizens. Siegel's direction, even with the low budget constraints, is impressive and Wallach's interpretation of a psychopath is worthy of him getting star billing even though he's in the movie for half of its running time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Crisp, police procedural (bringing a then-current TV show to the screen) from Don Siegel (subsequently Clint Eastwood's favourite director). As he would later do in his remake of The Killers (1964) and Dirty Harry (1971), Siegel takes a special interest in the psychopathic tendencies of his characters. Eli Wallach (in his second film) plays the central baddie who is a contract worker for "The Man" who is using innocent tourists as mules to bring heroin into the USA. Once they disembark, their luggage is stolen and the stuff is extracted and given to The Man. Wallach and his partner/mentor, played by Robert Keith, arrive in San Francisco (where the film was shot on location) to retrieve the luggage/drugs from three passengers on a docking ship. However, things don't go too smoothly - because Wallach's character is a psychopath. Because the police have been tipped off, we see them closing in on the killers as well as what the killers are doing (in parallel). Siegel is far more interested in the killers and the police procedural scenes play like the rote TV episodes they're drawn from - they are kept purposefully brief (and thus taut). So, there's nothing particularly extraordinary here but solid crime show fare, with a few nods to past films noir (murder in a stream room, a person in a wheelchair gets offed, the same aquarium that Welles shot in The Lady from Shanghai is used). San Francisco does look great. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A mob killer (Eli Wallach) recovers planted heroin from tourists arriving in San Francisco.
      Director
      Don Siegel
      Producer
      Frank Cooper
      Screenwriter
      Stirling Silliphant
      Distributor
      Columbia Pictures
      Production Co
      Columbia Pictures Corporation
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 11, 1958, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Mar 5, 2013
      Runtime
      1h 26m
      Sound Mix
      Mono
      Aspect Ratio
      35mm
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