James Mason & Dan Duryea in "One Way Street" (1950) -feat. William Conrad & Rock Hudson (uncredited)

Sirens shriek through the Los Angeles nightscape while, from the window of an apartment building, an elegant woman, Laura Thorsen (Märta Torén), smokes as she stand at an apartment window, watching them disappear. Dr. Frank Matson (James Mason) is on a house call to gangster John Wheeler (Dan Duryea), who has just masterminded a bank robbery.
Matson gives Wheeler some pills for his headache, calmly picks up the medical bag containing the proceeds of the robbery and tells Wheeler that the pills he swallowed contain poison. After promising to telephone him with the antidote, Matson and WHeeler's lover, Laura, drive away.
One of the gang, Arnie (Jack Elam), is hiding in the back seat of the car, and demands the money. While Laura drives, Matson wrestles with Arnie and kills him. He then reveals that the pills he gave to Wheeler were harmless. Laura crashes the car. The police arrive. Matson claims Arnie was a hitchhiker killed during the accident.
Later, Matson and Laura buy a used car and continue toward Mexico, and hire a plane, which breaks down near a small village. A priest, Father Moreno (Basil Ruysdael), offers them food and scares off bandit brothers, Francisco (Rodolfo Acosta) and Antonio (Margarito Luna) Morales.
Later, Capt. Rodriguez (George J. Lewis) arrives with his men. Moreno takes Laura and Matson to a village where the pilot can buy the parts to fix the plane, and asks Matson to help a small sick girl. Matson reluctantly agrees, sparking a fight with medicine woman Catalina (Emma Roldán), but the girl is already dead. Matson tells Laura he unsuccessfully tried to save the life of a woman he loved.The girl's brother, Santiago (Robert Espinoza), says the village horse is sick. Matson volunteers to help. The ailing horse recovers and when the plane arrives, Matson bows to the pressure of Laura and the village children and stays behind, not traveling on to Mexico.
Later, one of Wheeler's henchmen, Ollie (William Conrad), questions the pilot, who tells him that Laura and Matson went to Mexico City.
After several weeks, Rodriguez and Moreno arrive with supplies for the village hospital. The Morales brothers interrupt an operation. Santiago intervenes, one of the brothers shoots him, and is shot in turn by the soldiers. Matson decides to return the money, settle things with Wheeler, and promises to allow Moreno to conduct a private marriage ceremony when he returns.
Together Laura and Matson travel to California. Matson tells Laura how much he loves her and knowing her has made his life worthwhile. Matson learns that Ollie killed Wheeler, and now intends to kill Matson. Matson shoots Ollie, then returns to Laura, but is hit by a car and killed.
A 1950 American Black & White film-noir crime film (a/k/a "Death on a Side Street") directed by Hugo Fregonese, produced by Leonard Goldstein, written by Lawrence Kimble, cinematography by Maury Gertsman, starring James Mason, Märta Torén, Dan Duryea, Basil Ruysdael, William Conrad, Rodolfo Acosta, King Donovan, Robert Espinoza, Tito Renaldo, Margarito Luna, Emma Roldán, George J. Lewis, and Jack Elam. Screen debut appearance of James Best.
James Best was born Jewel Guy (1926 - 2015).
Rock Hudson (Roc Hudson) has a tiny early role as a truck driver (uncredited).
Rodolfo Acosta, Margarito Luna, and Emma Roldan were all Mexican actors.
Märta Torén (1925 - 1957) was a Swedish stage and film actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Torén's father was a Swedish military officer, and for three years, during World War II, he was a secretary in the Swedish war office. After studying at the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theatre's Royal Dramatic Training Academy, Torén began her career on the stage and from 1947 she appeared in films. She appeared on the cover of the June 13 issue of Life Magazine in 1949. Torén appeared in 11 American film productions during her brief career. One of her roles was opposite Humphrey Bogart in "Sirocco" (1951), and she also co-starred with Dana Andrews in "Assignment - Paris!" (1952). In 1952, Torén married screenwriter, film director, and producer Leonardo Bercovici, and they had one daughter. She died prematurely from a cerebral hemorrhage, at the age of 31, in 1957.
From 1910 through 1918 Basil Spaulding Millspaugh (1878 - 1960) was a bass-baritone for the Metropolitan Opera Company, before going on Broadway and then radio. His movie debut was in the Marx Brothers' "The Cocoanuts" (1929).
The first U.S. film of Argentinean director Hugo Fregonese, who stayed in Hollywood long enough to churn out a few westerns and genre-pictures.
Mexican Vice Consul Ernesto Romero acted as a Technical Advisor on the film.
Dan Duryea is his usual mean self, and William Conrad is on hand as a fellow thug in this good, but fatalistic noir film that transcends its noir origins. This solid, satisfying vintage 1950 crime drama, B-movie is entertaining from start to finish and well worth a watch if you love film-noir, and recommended for Mason completists.

[@dikbozo]

James Mason in a film I have not seen is a must watch all by itself.Dan Duryea and Billy Conrad? OUTA the way, buster! You better learn what's good for ya before I have to educate ya. Noir as well. some days you just get lucky. Thanks again for another treat. You really are too good to us.

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Billy😂

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[@rtt1961]

James Mason & Dan Duryea, such great actors.

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[@doonsbury9656]

Dan Duryea & James Mason alone make this worth watching.......but also a magnificent movie filled with so many twists & turns that it will keep you guessing right to the very end! Classic entertainment!

[@judymoraign7078]

Dan Duryea and James Mason are the best!!

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[@rollieletcher1309]

Dan Duryea 1of my fav actor s thank you and have a good day

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[@sailwme]

A Film with true Flavor. You’ll love this.

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[@j3daiah461]

Cheers, I'll watch it over and over again, just got done with a Robert Crawford film.

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[@90FF1]

Seen it before but worth watching again. A good story with outstanding performances. A series of bad events brings about some good. Don't want to spoil it but the ending was not what one would expect. Thanks DPB.

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[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

Good movie, enjoyed watching, thanks. This must have been the shortest role Rock Hudson ever played!

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[@tiredlawdog]

I have watched so many of these wonderful black and whites, I'm beginning to forget. I've seen this one already. Still a great movie.

[@laurakibben4147]

@tiredlawdog I've sadly grown bored, especially knowing my time frame was only from 1925-about 1945 tops. But at least I did add about 10 movies (and otherwise unknown to me, great actors) to my previously only known faves that began with Penny Serenade, The Shop Around the Corner and Rear Window.

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[@RetiredSchoolCook]

🥰Thank you 👍Good cast . A fan of William Conrad and Jack Elam .

[@fromthesidelines]

Conrad usually played a "heavy" in movies at the time. He was more versatile on radio- especially as "Marshal Matt Dillion" on "GUNSMOKE" several years later.

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[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Good,well acted movie.Thank you,for showing it.

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[@agnesgooch459]

No happy ending in this movie! I really enjoyed it. Dan Duryea great as always.

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[@wdmm94]

Arnie is Jack Elam - played a lot support roles / bit parts in movies. James Best at very end - most famous as Sheriff Roscoe in Dukes of Hazard. Rock Hudson in cameo appearance.

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[@stangets]

From Cebu City, Philippines an Americano enjoyed the movie of some of my favorite stars including the Mexicano's who reminded me of my friends from Texas and south of the border I used to see so long ago.

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Fond memories. Thanks for watching.

[@barbarawillis5187]

Outstanding acting and story.

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[@Shirleybird65]

Great movie. The ending was a surprise!

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[@RichardNogan]

Great flick,Not one ad. Tku for post.

[@totostamopo]

Wow, I'm about 10 min in and have had to endure 3 ad breaks. Will be looking for this movie to enjoy elsewhere. Thanks so much for posting it!

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[@susanbeaumont6063]

I would have never guessed the ending. Thank you.

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[@klo3496]

Great movie with two of my favorites, James Mason and Dan Duryea. Too bad about James getting killed at the end tho.

[@JanetElson]

Thanks for that

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The were two greats, indeed. Thanks for watching.

[@Felipe4352]

En muchas películas Dan Duryea trabajó de actor secundario, siempre su desempeño fué excelente. Hizo que la película fuera muy recomendable.

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[@romans325kjb]

Jack Elam also had a very short part. Always enjoyed Jack's acting. Great cast.

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[@charlesfoster141]

Very enjoyable and relaxing movie. The village in Mexico completely pulled me in. I wanted to live there too. The ending was surprising. However, the final ending was disappointing to say the least.

[@Johnnycdrums]

They had appointments to keep.

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[@hurryandleave9680]

It's pretty obvious that the censorship taking place at that time didn't allow them to "get away with it". Great movie, though.

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[@ronaldstrange8981]

Always liked Dan Duryea. England, August, 2024.

[@diannemiller1895]

Always liked both male stars. Aug 2024 🇺🇸

[@cattymajiv]

Apparently he was a really nice guy, the opposite of his onscreen persona.

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

He was great on Bonanza too.

[@dokskwyr4353]

I know what you mean. I only discovered him a couple of years ago and have enjoyed everything he's been in. If I see a movie listing him in the credits I know its going to be good.

[@mrdacii]

He’s really good in “The Burglar” as well

[@catdog2706]

Excellent actors excellent movie❤

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[@ronaldfullerton1954]

James Mason...a good man...

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FYI - Mason registered as a conscientious objector during World War II (causing his family to break with him for many years), but his tribunal did not exempt him on the requirement for non-combatant military service, which he also refused. He appealed against that aspect of the tribunal's decision, but it became irrelevant once he was included in a general exemption for film work.

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

Great story, action, love, greed

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[@philfletcher3434]

I wasn't expecting that ending!!!

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[@oldschool1993]

Rock hudson and James Best both in early uncredited roles.

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[@heatherspark8483]

Luv James Mason . British Actors are so classy .

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[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Good movie, interesting and gripping. As an English man I am always puzzled by Americans fleeing to Mexico who then stay in Mexico to be captured and returned back. Why dont they leave Mexico and go to South Africa, Botswana, Thailand, New Zealand for a stress free new life.

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[@cenaculum1]

thank you😊

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[@lindas.johnson4779]

Very Good !⚘️

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[@maxsands3861]

Marta died so young a sad ending the movie had one too

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[@diannemiller1895]

William Conrad had his own show in the 60s ? A cop or detective ? Who noticed a bit part briefly, Rock Hudson as a truck driver 😮

[@raewyncormack2461]

Cannon as a detective he also narrated The Fugitive, played as Jake and the Fat Man, lots more listed on google but we all gathered around the telly for Cannon no talking or dad would look at us lol

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[@markbayer1573]

Dan Duryea, William Conrad, a deadly cross-country chase, a complicated They Live By Night-like romance, literally a banger climax and a punishingly ironic finale...you know what all this means, don't you? Noir heaven! The unique touch here is that the familiar crime movie component of the disgraced doctor who patches up the mob takes center stage...and as to be expected, James Mason lends tremendous gravity, poignancy and even tragedy to the role. As he and girlfriend Maria Toren flee to Mexico, he develops a relationship with the villagers that's similar to that formed between Walter Huston and the natives in Treasure of the Sierra Madre...and it's here that this nearly 75-year-old flick gains surprising relevance today. With the issue of other countries supposedly sending their criminals to the US and our letting them in, you can always show people this picture and say, "Hey! It works both ways!". 7/10.

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[@HessepeQuhaire]

Worth watching!🙂

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[@pammf9391]

Not necessarily a happy ending but does have a clear ending

[@-xirx-]

James Mason was a serial killer by the end of the movie!

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[@dianelennon2931]

This is a good action movie.

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[@MK-hh1vo]

Are you kidding me with that ending??? After everything we went through together???

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[@Johnnycdrums]

Johnny doesn't like fowl language in the pressence of Laura. I guess Dan Duryea plays more of an emotional crimminal in this one. Doc shook him to his core, it's like Johnny's face almost fell off when Doc said he was taking Laura too.

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[@kathylynch9732]

Great movie.

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[@corallewis3093]

Good actor Dan D. August 2024

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[@mygremlin1]

Good movie

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[@dtaylor939]

Thanks Donald... BTW are you related to Cornell Borchers?

[@agnesgooch459]

I was wondering that as well.

[@dtaylor939]

@@agnesgooch459 Auntie Mame is one of my favorite movies

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[@jimtaylor1576]

Been on youtube before. Still ok.

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[@RichardKimpton]

Cheap way to end a could of been a good film. Very bad ending.😢

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[@calikokat100]

the ending ...ughhh,,,

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[@rufust.firefly4890]

James Best. Jack Elam. Rock Hudson.

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[@Hondo0101]

Sad ending but it makes sense

[@dean828]

Jack Elam... 👁️

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[@ddburdette]

Very contrived and disappointing ending, but I don’t know how it could have been improved.

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[@j3daiah461]

If there had only been a doctor around.

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[@sammathis-c4q]

A wonderful poignant movie....and a glimpse of shambala...Valhalla......

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I seen this movie

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[@jamy8575]

James Mason was a TERRIBLE OVER- actor. Duryea was ALWAYS excellent

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[@corallewis3093]

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