Backfire (1950) on Netflix
Passed19501h 31mCrimeFilm-NoirMystery
Discharged from an army hospital, Bob Corey searches for his army buddy Steve Connolly, who is wanted for a gambler's murder. Nurse Julie Benson, in love with Bob, comes along.
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Plot summary
Wounded late in World War II, Bob Corey is an army hospital patient facing spinal operations, and he has fallen for Julie Benson, the nurse caring for him. His army friend Steve Connolly visits to discuss the ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, they intend to buy with their pooled GI benefits. While he lies semiconscious on Christmas Eve, a woman with a Swedish accent tells him that Steve has been badly hurt and wants to die, but she would not help him end his life. Bob tells her to do nothing that would harm Steve and to wait, then slips into unconsciousness. After his discharge, police captain Garcia questions Bob, saying Steve is sought in the killing of the racketeer Solly Blayne. Bob answers that Steve would have no part in anything criminal.
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- Dick Gordonas Party Guest (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Backfire (1950)
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- Viveca Lindfors at first refused to appear in Backfire because she thought it too violent, and Warner Bros. suspended her; under contract for four films, she relented to keep her pay and later said she had sold out. The studio then disliked her performance enough to decline to continue her contract.
- Jack Warner let Vincent Sherman direct The Hasty Heart, which became a major hit for the studio, only in return for Sherman directing Backfire.
- Warner Bros. was so pleased with the work of Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts that it gave them a five-year contract to write screenplays; the pair produced White Heat the following year.
