Backfire

Backfire

1950 | 1h 31m | Drama, Mystery | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

A veteran attempts to investigate the disappearance of his army buddy by following a series of clues but is led into a maze of murder and violence.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Vincent Sherman

CAST

Gordon MacRae

Virginia Mayo

Edmond O'Brien

Dane Clark

Viveca Lindfors

Ed Begley

Frances Robinson

Richard Rober

Sheila MacRae

David Hoffman

Monte Blue

Ida Moore

Leonard Strong

John Ridgely

PRODUCERS

Anthony Veiller

WRITERS

Ivan Goff

Lawrence B. Marcus

Ben Roberts

Related Videos

02:51
Backfire (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Pull Up A Stretcher
Clip
War buddy Steve (Edmond O'Brien) bumps into nurse Julie (Virginia Mayo) at the Veteran's Hospital, en route to visit injured partner-to-be Bob (Gordon MacRae), opening Backfire, 1950.
03:06
Backfire (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Pain In His Eyes
Clip
Delirious hospitalized veteran Bob (Gordon MacRae), visited by a nameless woman (Viveca Lindfors) with an accent, who shares his worry about a missing war buddy, in Backfire, 1950, directed by Vincent Sherman.
03:31
Backfire (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Steady Job In Glendale
Clip
Out of the hospital and on the trail of his missing war buddy Steve (Edmond O'Brien), Bob (Gordon MacRae) visits with fellow veteran turned mortician Ben (Dane Clark), who has news, in Backfire, 1950.

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