The Lineup (1958)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1958-06-11
Director: Don Siegel
Writers: Stirling Silliphant (I) (1918–1996) , Fred Eggers , Lawrence M. Klee
Language: English
Stars: Eli Wallach , Robert Keith , Richard Jaeckel , Mary LaRoche , William Leslie , Emile Meyer , Marshall Reed , Raymond Bailey , Vaughn Taylor (I) (1911–1983) , Cheryl Callaway
Runtime: 86 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Contrabando (Argentina) , The Lineup (Canada) , Rikosten satama (Finland) , Συνδικάτο δολοφόνων (Greece) , Contrabando (Spain) , La ronde du crime (Canada) , The Lineup (United States of America) , The Lineup (United Kingdom) , Narkotikasmuggling (Sweden) , O Sádico Selvagem (Brazil) , La ronde du crime (France, French Republic) , Syndikato dolofonon (Greece) , Der Henker ist unterwegs , O Homem do Revólver Silencioso (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Crimine silenzioso (Italy) , Linia de suspecţi (Romania) , The Lineup , Линейка , Пренареждането (Bulgaria)
Plot: In San Francisco, two police inspectors are on the case when a rogue taxi driver, with the help of a rogue porter, manages to steal the suitcase of an antiques collector before running down a cop, who shoots the perp dead before dying himself. Police discover that a statuette in the suitcase contains heroin. Meanwhile, a psychopathic gangster, his malignant mentor, and their dipsomaniac driver have the job of picking up the other heroin shipments, hidden in the luggage of unsuspecting travelers. All goes well until they attempt to retrieve the heroin stuffed in a Japanese doll. A little girl and her young mother have the doll, but when the crooks get possession of it, they find that the heroin has mysteriously vanished.
IMDB:tt0051866