A man falsely accused of murder hides out in the South American jungle.A man falsely accused of murder hides out in the South American jungle.A man falsely accused of murder hides out in the South American jungle.
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- TriviaOne of the few times Lawrence Tierney played a good guy. He also was the hero in Step By Step; in both, he's the Wrong Man aka falsely accused of murder: having to prove his innocence to, by the end, find the real killer. He was also the hero in Bodyguard, the last movie he did before being fired by RKO. Ironically, he was on pretty good behavior on that set (but was fired for his past arrests); however, co-star Priscilla Lane also complained that Tierney could be difficult.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Broadway by Light (1958)
- SoundtracksI dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair
(uncredited)
as "I dream of Nina with the light brown hair"
Written by Stephen Foster
Performed by Lawrence Tierney (as Robert Warren)
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Laurence Tierney is an engineer and architect in Brazil. He wants to be paid for installing an air-conditioning unit in a dive, but he's put off. Before you know it, he's been accused of a murder, shot at by the police, swum underwater for a couple of hundred yards with a bleeding wound, and been rescued by concert pianist Marissa O'Brien who's about to go find some peace in the jungle. He invites himself along, lest the police's aim improves with practice, and finds himself designing a new house for George Coulouris, who's talking with a German accent.
Odd people you meet on the Universal Studios back lot! Some of the street scenes were shot in Lisbon, but they don't add anything I noticed to this indie B movie, directed by Max Nosseck. It's a bog-standard B movie, barely indistinguishable from dozens of others of the period. Everyone seems to be competent, except possibly for the costume designer, whose name is understandably omitted from the credits.
Odd people you meet on the Universal Studios back lot! Some of the street scenes were shot in Lisbon, but they don't add anything I noticed to this indie B movie, directed by Max Nosseck. It's a bog-standard B movie, barely indistinguishable from dozens of others of the period. Everyone seems to be competent, except possibly for the costume designer, whose name is understandably omitted from the credits.
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