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THE
LINEUP
Based on the TV series of the same name,
The Lineup is a typically bold
and brutal effort from director Don Siegel.
Eli Wallach plays Dancer, the evil head
of a San Francisco drug ring. Dancer’s
strategy is to plant small amounts of heroin
on unwary tourists vacationing in Mexico
so that the dope traffic can pass by the
border guards undetected. By the seventh
reel, the scheme begins to unravel, resulting
in a thrill-packed car chase through the
hills of Frisco, with Dancer holding a child
hostage as leverage against the cops. Robert
Keith offers a unique characterization as
a wheelchair-bound criminal, while Warner
Anderson, a carryover from the Lineup TV
series, represents Law and Order.
This is one of the truly great lost sleaze
noir films from the
peak period.
video
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THE LINEUP
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B&W/86
MIN/1958 |
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