Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff is a 1947 American film noir starring Pat O'Brien, Anne Jeffreys and Walter Slezak. It was directed by Ted Tetzlaff, who later directed The Window (1949) and worked as a cinematographer for over 100 films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946). The music was composed by Roy Webb and Joan Whitney.
Plot
During a storm in Peru, a cargo plane with two passengers leaves for Panama. Midflight, the co-pilot responds to an alarm that the plane's door is open. He finds just one passenger, Charles Hasso (Marc Krah), who insists he tried to stop the other passenger from jumping out the door. Hasso takes the dead man's briefcase through Panamanian customs, after briefly being questioned by Major Rues (George Givot) of the Panama secret police.
More details
| author | Martin Rackin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Panama |
| director | Ted Tetzlaff |
| editor | Philip Martin |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | build cargo plane dead man expect george givot hide out jerome cowan jump man meet morning murder oil company oil well percy kilbride peru police custody private investigator room divider secret police wildcat oil wells |
| musicBy | Roy Webb |
| producer | Jack J. Gross Nat Holt |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |
| theme | film noir |