The Fat Man (1951)

Directed by

William Castle

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An overweight detective investigates a murder. A clown is the prime suspect.

noirishlightweightwryunhurriedlow-stakestheatricalquirky

What happens

The Fat Man is a 1951 American crime film noir directed by William Castle and starring J. Scott Smart, Rock Hudson, Julie London, Clinton Sundberg and Emmett Kelly. It is based on a radio drama of the same name, with Smart reprising his role as portly detective Brad Runyan; it was his last film prior to his death in 1960. Originally released by Universal Pictures, the film is now in the public domain in the United States. Castle later called the film "a potboiler of little merit, except that I was able to cast Rock Hudson ... and to use Emmett Kelly, the Ringling Brothers clown, as the villain." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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