The Bribe

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The Bribe is a 1949 film noir crime drama starring Robert Taylor as a federal agent entangled in corruption and moral conflict while investigating a wartime black-market ring in a Central American island.

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The Bribe canonical 3
The Bribe (1949 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn story by Frederick Nebel
blackAndWhite true
characterPlayedBy Ava Gardner Elizabeth Hintten
characterPlayedBy Charles Laughton J. J. Bealer
characterPlayedBy John Hodiak Carver
characterPlayedBy Robert Taylor Rigby
characterPlayedBy Vincent Price Carwood
cinematographyBy Joseph Ruttenberg
countryOfOrigin United States
director Robert Z. Leonard
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy George White
filmFormat 35 mm
genre crime drama
film noir
mystery film
hasNarration true
leadActor Robert Taylor
leadActress Ava Gardner
mainCharacter Rigby
mainCharacterOccupation federal agent
MPAARating Passed (Production Code era)
musicBy Bronislau Kaper
notableFor late-1940s MGM film noir style
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A federal agent investigates a wartime black-market ring on a Central American island and becomes entangled in corruption and moral conflict.
producer Pandro S. Berman
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1949-01-28
releaseYear 1949
runtimeMinutes 98
screenwriter Marguerite Roberts
settingLocation fictional Central American island
starring Ava Gardner
Charles Laughton
Fernando Lamas
John Hodiak
Robert Taylor
Vincent Price
theme black-market crime
corruption
moral conflict
timePeriodDepicted World War II era
title The Bribe

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Robert Taylor notableWork The Bribe
Charles Schoenbaum notableWork The Bribe (1949 film)
linked to: The Bribe
Sam Zimbalist produced The Bribe
The Bribe title The Bribe