Tarnished
1950 film by Harry Keller
- February 28, 1950 (1950-02-28)
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Tarnished is a 1950 American action film directed by Harry Keller, written by John K. Butler, and starring Dorothy Patrick, Arthur Franz, Barbra Fuller, Jimmy Lydon, Harry Shannon and Don Beddoe. It was released on February 28, 1950 by Republic Pictures.[1][2][3]
Plot
Lou Jellison is a woman living in Maine whose colleague and romantic suitor Joe Pettigrew takes her for a drive. They pick up a hitchhiker, who turns out to be Bud Dolliver, a childhood friend of Lou's who has been gone for many years, believed to be in jail.
Bud bumps into old girlfriend Nina in town. Needing a job, he follows her suggestion that he try the sardine cannery. There he finds that Lou is a secretary and Joe the personnel manager. Joe refuses to hire an ex-convict. Bud next tries boatyard owner Kelsey Bunker, who lets him work in the machine shop.
Kelsey's irritable son Junior causes an accident that renders Bud unconscious. A tattoo is discovered revealing Bud had been in the Marines, not in jail. When he comes to, Bud says he's unwilling to use his military service as a way of improving his reputation around town.
Lou falls for Bud, despite the strong disapproval of her parents. They elope to Vermont but are unable to wed. Upon their return, a jealous Joe picks a fight with Bud, and then Junior also punches him after catching Bud in a bar talking to Nina.
The scheming Junior tries to frame Bud for robberies in the drugstore and cannery. Bud's about to be arrested when a third business owner sets a trap and catches the real thief, Junior, in the act. Lou vouches for Bud and the town welcomes him home.
Cast
- Dorothy Patrick as Lou Jellison
- Arthur Franz as Bud Dolliver
- Barbra Fuller as Nina
- Jimmy Lydon as Junior Bunker
- Harry Shannon as Kelsey Bunker
- Don Beddoe as Curtis Jellison
- Byron Barr as Joe Pettigrew
- Alex Gerry as Judge Oliver
- Hal Price as Jed Gills
- Stephen Chase as Sheriff McBride
- Esther Somers as Edna Jellison
- Paul E. Burns as Sam Haines
- Ethel Wales as Ida Baker
- Michael Vallon as Steve Barron
References
External links
- Tarnished at IMDb
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Films of Harry Keller
- The Blonde Bandit (1949)
- Tarnished (1950)
- Fort Dodge Stampede (1951)
- Desert of Lost Men (1951)
- Rose of Cimarron (1952)
- Leadville Gunslinger (1952)
- Black Hills Ambush (1952)
- Thundering Caravans (1952)
- Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953)
- Savage Frontier (1953)
- Bandits of the West (1953)
- El Paso Stampede (1953)
- Red River Shore (1953)
- Phantom Stallion (1954)
- The Unguarded Moment (1956)
- Man Afraid (1957)
- Quantez (1957)
- The Female Animal (1958)
- Day of the Badman (1958)
- Voice in the Mirror (1958)
- Step Down to Terror (1958)
- Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)
- Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
- Six Black Horses (1962)
- Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
- The Brass Bottle (1964)
- In Enemy Country (1968)
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