Crime Wave (1954)

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Wikidata Q976041, film, IMDb tt0046878, TMDB 19618: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Sterling Hayden as actor (‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt!).

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

On Dangerous Ground: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (shared theme): Crime Wave → On Dangerous Ground. Crime Wave is another damaged-cop movie, with Sterling Hayden.
    “crime wave, which is another great, um, damaged cop movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:53:51 · Patton Oswalt (0.95 sure it was them)

The Killing: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (shared cast): The Killing → Crime Wave. Hayden and Carey both appear in Crime Wave and The Killing.
    “he's in crime wave, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:17:01 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (shared cast): The Killing → Crime Wave. Hayden and Carey both appear in Crime Wave and The Killing.
    “he's in crime wave, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:17:01 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (shared theme): Crime Wave → On Dangerous Ground. Crime Wave is another damaged-cop movie, with Sterling Hayden.
    “crime wave, which is another great, um, damaged cop movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:53:51 · Patton Oswalt (0.95 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (documentary value): Crime Wave → Crime Wave. Shot on location out of B-movie necessity, it is an accidental documentary of 1940s LA.
    “that movie is an accidental documentary of what LA looked like in the 40s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:54:40 · Patton Oswalt (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Crime Wave: At a screening Andre de Toth said they shot on location because as a B movie they could not use studio sets.
    “We were the bottom of the bill.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:54:27 · Patton Oswalt (0.90 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.