Impact

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.

Genre : ThrillerDramaMystery

Runtime : 111 mins

Release Date : 1949-03-20

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Impact, when two things collide. San Francisco industrial supremo Walter Williams survives an attempt on his life by his two-timing wife's lover, whom ironically is badly burned and killed at the scene himself. As the police think that Williams is the badly burned corpse, his wife is arrested a...

This could have been much better had Arthur Lubin not cast the rather wooden, Clark Gable-light Brian Donlevy in the lead role as "Walt Williams", a successful businessman who falls prey to a cunning plot by his scheming wife "Irene" (Helen Walker) and her lover "Jim" (Tony Barrett) to bump him off...

Cast

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

(Walter Williams)

Ella Raines

Ella Raines

(Marsha Peters)

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

(Lieutenant Quincy)

Helen Walker

Helen Walker

(Irene Williams)

Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong

(Su Lin)

Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick

(Captain Callahan)

Clarence Kolb

Clarence Kolb

(Darcy)

Art Baker

Art Baker

(Defense Attorney)

William Wright

William Wright

(Prosecutor)

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

(Mrs. King)

Sheilah Graham

(Sheilah Graham)

Tony Barrett

Tony Barrett

(Jim Torrence)

Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

(Ah Sing)

Glen Vernon

Glen Vernon

(Ed)

Linda Leighton

Linda Leighton

(Telephone Operator)

Jason Robards Sr.

Jason Robards Sr.

(Judge)

Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

(Dr. Henry Bender)

Ruth Robinson

(Apartment Manager)

Lucius Cooke

(Burke)

Tom Greenway

(Moving Van Driver)

Ben Welden

Ben Welden

(Moving Van Helper)

Hans Herbert

(Station Master)

Joel Friedkin

Joel Friedkin

(Uncle Ben)

Joe Kirk

Joe Kirk

(Hotel Clerk)

William Ruhl

(Fingerprint Expert)

Mary Landa

(Della)

Harry Cheshire

Harry Cheshire

(Irene's Attorney)

Dick Gordon

(Reporter (uncredited))

Stuart Hall

(Courtroom Spectator (uncredited))

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