Tag: Jonathan Latimer

Alias Nick Beal Script

Script by:Jonathan Latimer (Screenplay), Mindret Lord (Story)
Directed by:John Farrow
Year:1949
IMDb:tt0041107

Plot:After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
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The Glass Key Script

Script by:Dashiell Hammett (Novel), Jonathan Latimer (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stuart Heisler
Year:1942
IMDb:tt0034798

Plot:During the campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig decides to clean up his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna and associating to the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph’s son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul’s sister Opal, is murdered, Paul’s right arm, Ed Beaumont, finds his body on the street. Nick uses the financial situation of The Observer to force the publisher Clyde Matthews to use the newspaper to raise the suspicion that Paul Madvig might have killed Taylor.
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