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UW Cinematheque - The Best of Il Cinema Ritrovato

One Way Street | USA | 1950 | 35mm | 79 min. Director: Hugo Fregonese

Event Details

Date
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Time
7:30 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: James Mason, Marta Toren, Dan Duryea
Mason plays Dr Frank Matson, a shady physician who takes off with a bag full of stolen money and the girlfriend (Toren) of a gang leader (Duryea), hiding out with her in Mexico. But fate knocks loudly on the door echoing one of Fregonese’s major preoccupations: the encounter with death. Matson takes advantage of his medical knowledge to deceive and to negotiate his way out of trouble. But he later comes to use it to integrate and eventually to heal.
Cost
Free

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