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The Fat Man

- DANGER UNDER THE BIG TOP!

A innocent dentist is murdered and the only apparent motive seems to be to steal a set of dental x-rays. To the police it looks like an accident, but private eye Brad Runyan thinks there's more to it.

Release Date : 1951-05-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

J. Scott Smart

Character Name : Brad Runyan

Original Name : J. Scott Smart

Gender : Male

Julie London

Character Name : Pat Boyd

Original Name : Julie London

Gender : Female

Rock Hudson

Character Name : Roy Clark

Original Name : Rock Hudson

Gender : Male

Clinton Sundberg

Character Name : Bill Norton

Original Name : Clinton Sundberg

Gender : Male

Jayne Meadows

Character Name : Jane Adams

Original Name : Jayne Meadows

Gender : Female

John Russell

Character Name : Gene Gordon

Original Name : John Russell

Gender : Male

Jerome Cowan

Character Name : L.t. Stark

Original Name : Jerome Cowan

Gender : Male

Emmett Kelly

Character Name : Ed Deets

Original Name : Emmett Kelly

Gender : Male

Lucille Barkley

Character Name : Lola Gordon

Original Name : Lucille Barkley

Gender : Female

Robert Osterloh

Character Name : Fletcher

Original Name : Robert Osterloh

Gender : Male

Harry Lewis

Character Name : Happy Stevens

Original Name : Harry Lewis

Gender : Male

Teddy Hart

Character Name : Shifty

Original Name : Teddy Hart

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-27

A dentist preparing to give a big speech at a conference makes the mistake of opening his door late one evening. Next thing he has been coshed and papped out of a fifteenth story window. Why? Well the rather easily pleased police conclude he succumbed to a fit of nerves, took some calming pills and... His long-term nursing assistant "Pat" (Julie London) doesn't buy that, though. She smells a rat and seeks out the help of the eponymous, renowned, investigator (J. Scott Smart). Can he put down his cutlery long enough to help her find out why she is being followed, what has happened both to her missing ex-con boyfriend "Roy" (Rock Hudson) and to $500,000 in stolen loot? In many ways this reminded me of a "Charlie Chan" mystery only here it's "Bill" (Clinton Sundberg) who takes the place of "No. 2 son" as the useful factotum who helps his boss to a conclusion in a circus. It takes just a bit too long to get going - a snappy start rather settles down a bit too much, but Smart does enough to keep the mystery rolling along with language that we'd never be allowed to use in a film nowadays. Sometimes I wonder how Rock Hudson ever achieved stardom. He was easy enough on the eye, but versatile he certainly wasn't! Watchable but you won't remember it.