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The Lineup (1958) was a Crime - Film Noir Film directed by Don Siegel and produced by Jaime Del Valle.

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The Lineup (1958)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 14, 2017 From 4 Star Films

In style if not entirely in execution The Lineup exhibits some similarities to Murder by Contract from the same year. Both films choose to take hit men as their?main characters and it becomes a surprisingly intriguing way to look at a crime. Because the killers are a certain brand of sociopath who m... Read full article


The Lineup (1958)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 14, 2017 From 4 Star Films

In style if not entirely in execution The Lineup exhibits some similarities to Murder by Contract from the same year. Both films choose to take hit men as their?main characters and it becomes a surprisingly intriguing way to look at a crime. Because the killers are a certain brand of sociopath who m... Read full article


The Lineup (1958)

By Beatrice on Jul 6, 2014 From Flickers in Time

The Lineup Directed by Don Siegel Written by Stirling Silliphant 1958/USA Columbia Pictures Corportation/Pajemer Productions First viewing/Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics I This TV-spinoff requires quite the suspension of disbelief but makes up for it with a trio of very fun hoods. A taxi dri... Read full article


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Julian: When you live outside the law, you have to eliminate dishonesty.


Dancer: Say something for the book!


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The scene in which the car nearly drives off the end of San Francisco's unfinished Embarcadero Freeway, before the driver swerves just in time, was done by stunt driver Guy Way. Way had his wife with him when he did the stunt, and she freaked out and didn't recover for several days.
According to director Don Siegel, star Eli Wallach was originally hostile because he was upset that, after a prestigious film debut in Baby Doll, he was doing a routine thriller as his second film. Midway through the shoot, however, Wallach realized he was actually playing a complex role in a well-written film and became more sympathetic to the project.
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