Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
(Byron Haskin, US 1948, 97 min., 16mm)
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas team up for the first time as former bootlegging partners fighting for the love of Lizabeth Scott. Returning from jail after fourteen years, Lancaster is surprised to find that Douglas is a legitimate businessman now who owns the nightclub where Scott sings. Demanding his share of the business, Lancaster fractures loyalties within the gang and sets out to take Douglas down by force.