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The Raging Tide

- Not even the fury of the lashing sea ... could match the raging passions that bound them !

A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.

Release Date : 1951-11-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Connie Thatcher

Original Name : Shelley Winters

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bruno Felkin

Original Name : Richard Conte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Kelsey

Original Name : Stephen McNally

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hamil Linder

Original Name : Charles Bickford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carl Linder

Original Name : Alex Nicol

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corky Mullins

Original Name : John McIntire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barney Schriona

Original Name : Tito Vuolo

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'General' Ball

Original Name : Chubby Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnnie Mae Swanson

Original Name : Minerva Urecal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gas Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Irvin Berwick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Houlihan (uncredited)

Original Name : John 'Skins' Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spade-Face (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert A. O'Neil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Fancy (uncredited)

Original Name : Pepito Pérez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Proprietor (uncredited)

Original Name : Syd Saylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neil (uncredited)

Original Name : Ray Walker

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Choppy Waters. The Raging Tide is directed by George Sherman and adapted to screenplay by Ernest K. Gann from his own novel Fiddler’s Green. It stars Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford, John McIntire and Alex Nicol. Music is by Frank Skinner and cinematography by Russell Metty. Hoodlum Bruno Felkin (Conte) hides out on the Linder family fishing boat to avoid the cops. They affect his life as much as he affects theirs… It’s got a stellar noir cast and quality in the music and photography departments, but there’s nothing raging about this soggy piece of drama. Conte is watchable as a thug, no surprise there, but the screenplay does him and everyone else few favours. Only one to come out on top of the writing is Winters, who revels in cutting remarks delivered via a serpent tongue. Bickford is trying to be Swedish, giving Sterling Hayden in Terror in a Texas Town a run for his money for worst Swede accent ever. While McIntire and McNally earn their wages. Little to recommend outside of the cast list here I’m sad to say. 5/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-27

This is quite an engaging story that sees gangster "Bruno Felkin" (Richard Conte) cleverly devise an alibi by seeking refuge on the small fishing boat of "Linder" (Charles Bickford) after he has carefully bumped off a San Francisco rival. The crew consists of the father and his rather recalcitrant son "Carl" (Alex Nicol), with the latter only there under duress. "Bruno" starts to bond with the old man; his ideals and principles appeal. When they eventually get back to shore, "Carl" is given a $200 a week job as his new enforcer and also tasked with being an intermediary between him and his girlfriend "Connie" (Shelley Winters) to whom the young man takes rather a shine. She, meantime, is being harangued by the police to betray him. The plot isn't so much about his nefarious activities, more of the relationships between the father and son, and of the three men in general as "Bruno" continues to fish with them - sometimes in some fairly hostile weather conditions - and their relationships somehow become more honest and enduring. Sadly, the production standards are pretty low - the backdrop is particularly dodgy onboard the boat (at times they appear to be travelling at around 25 knots), but the narrative is enjoyable to watch enfold and it has a little more to it than the formulaic gangster and his moll style film.