Dead Reckoning

War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

as Capt. 'Rip' Murdock

Lizabeth Scott

as Coral Chandler

Morris Carnovsky

as Martinelli

Charles Cane

as Lt. Kincaid

William Prince

as Sgt. Johnny Drake

Marvin Miller

as Krause

Wallace Ford

as McGee

James Bell

as Father Logan

George Chandler

as Louis Ord

Matthew Beard

as Bellboy (uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

Middle rank film, top Bogart. When Rip's (Humphrey Bogart) army pal Johnny does a runner from the train taking them to Washington, it's the start of a shadowy street search that Rip undertakes to find out why his friend would do that. It soon becomes evident that Johnny was not who he said was, ...

CinemaSerf

When his best pal absconds on his way to pick up a Medal of Honour, "Rip" (Humphrey Bogart) determines to get to the bottom of things. They'd been flown home from Germany and given some fairly VIP treatment, so there must have been a good reason for "Johnny" (William Prince) to do a bunk - but he di...

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