Blackmail (1947 film)

Blackmail is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Lesley Selander and starring William Marshall, Adele Mara and Ricardo Cortez. The lead character is based on a pulp magazine hero Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective.

Plot
A shamus is approached by an entertainment executive to stop a blackmail plot against him.

Cast

 * William Marshall as Dan Turner
 * Adele Mara as Sylvia Duane
 * Ricardo Cortez as Ziggy Cranston
 * Grant Withers as Police Inspector Donaldson
 * Stephanie Bachelor as Carla
 * Richard Fraser as Antoine le Blanc
 * Roy Barcroft as Spice Kellaway
 * George J. Lewis as Blue Chip Winslow
 * Gregory Gaye as Jervis
 * Tristram Coffin as Pinky
 * Eva Novak as Mamie, the Maid
 * Bud Wolfe as Gomez
 * Tom London as Tom (uncredited)
 * Ben Welden as	Bartender (uncredited)

Reception
When released The New York Times critic gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Evidently the writers and/or Republic, the manufacturer, were convinced that some fast dialogue would enhance the rather confused goings on. But this yarn about a California playboy who becomes involved with shakedown artists and is aided by a brash, private investigator needed more than an occasional bright quip to keep things clear and moving."