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Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Directed byGeorge Marshall
Otto Preminger
Written byCharles Francis Coe
Gene Fowler
Hal Long
Produced byNunnally Johnson
Darryl F. Zanuck
StarringVictor McLaglen
Walter Connolly
Peter Lorre
CinematographyBarney McGill
Edited byJack Murray
Music byDavid Buttolph
Cyril J. Mockridge
Production
company
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox
Release date
  • March 12, 1937 (1937-03-12)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nancy Steele Is Missing! is a 1937 American drama film directed by George Marshall and Otto Preminger and starring Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre.[1] It was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. The film's sets were designed by the British art director Hans Peters. It has been described as a precursor to film noir.[2]

Plot

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Danny O'Neill (Victor McLaglen) works for munitions manufacturer Michael Steele (Walter Connolly) in the days leading up to World War I. O'Neill kidnaps Steele's infant daughter, hoping the drastic act will keep the country out of war. He leaves the baby with his sister and brother-in-law who believe the baby is his daughter. Soon after, O'Neill is arrested for a series of crimes and is sentenced to 20 years in prison. Once released, he returns to find the girl, now named Sheila, who believes O'Neill to be her father. O'Neill runs into Steele, who offers him a job on his estate. O'Neill has come to care for Sheila and decides to give up his criminal life in order to be a "father" to her. This plan is shattered when O'Neill's former cellmate Sturm (Peter Lorre) shows up and, knowing the truth about the kidnapping, has plans to blackmail O'Neill

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Thomas p.83
  2. ^ Grant p.143-44

Bibliography

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  • Grant, Kevin. Roots of Film Noir: Precursors from the Silent Era to the 1940s. McFarland, 2022.
  • Thomas, Sarah. Peter Lorre: Face Maker: Constructing Stardom and Performance in Hollywood and Europe. Berghahn Books, 2012.
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