Alias Nick Beal (1949)

movie

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Film-Noir
Release: 1949-03-04
Director: John Farrow (I) (1904–1963)
Writers: Jonathan Latimer , Mindret Lord
Language: English
Stars: Ray Milland , Audrey Totter , Thomas Mitchell , George Macready , Fred Clark , Geraldine Wall , Henry O’Neill (I) (1891–1961) , Darryl Hickman , Nestor Paiva , King Donovan
Runtime: 93 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Un pacte avec le diable (Belgium) , El enviado del diablo (Mexico) , La sconfitta di Satana (Italy) , Dark Circle (United States of America) , Pimeyden ruhtinas (Finland) , Satanikos ekviastis (Greece) , Der Agent aus der Hölle , Alias Nick Beal (Canada) , Det kom en främling (Sweden) , Een pakt met de duivel (Belgium) , Alias Nick Beal (Spain) , Alias Nick Beal (United States of America) , 夜霧の誘惑 (Japan) , Псевдоним Ник Бил , The Strange Temptation (United States of America) , Tentação do Diabo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Tajemniczy Nick Beal (Poland) , Alias Nick Beal (Romania) , Alias Nick Beal (Australia) , Alias Nick Beal , O Enviado de Satanás (Brazil) , Alias Nicky Beal (United States of America) , Tobožnji Nik Bil , The Contact Man (United Kingdom) , Un pacte avec le diable (France, French Republic) , El enviado del diablo (Argentina)
Plot: Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him to achieve his end. Beal convinces hesitating Foster by dint of easy money, easy sex with an alluring young woman and the promise of easy success. Joseph Foster soon becomes an influential politician but a corrupt one. A minister of God manages to show him that he has been the plaything of the so-called Nick Beal, who might be "Old Nick" , that is to say Satan himself. Foster then decides to resign and to become an honest man again.
IMDB:tt0041107