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Rating: 6.2/10 by 9 users

Bullet Scars (1942)

Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.

Directing:
  • D. Ross Lederman
Writing:
  • Charles Belden
  • Robert E. Kent
  • Sy Barlett
Stars:
Release Date: Sat, Mar 07, 1942

Rating: 6.2/10 by 9 users

Alternative Title:

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 00 hour 59 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: nurse, gangster, hypochondriac, murder, doctor, bank robbery, roadblock, small town sheriff, held hostage, death threat, brain injury, police shootout, hunting lodge, country doctor, druggist, secret hideout, robbery gang, wounded gangster, comical henchman, small town pharmacy, prescription, police manhunt

Regis Toomey
Dr. Steven Bishop
Adele Longmire
Nora Madison
Howard Da Silva
Frank Dillon
Ben Welden
Pills Davis
John Ridgely
Hank O'Connor
Tod Andrews
Joe Madison
Roland Drew
Jake, truck driver henchman
Don Turner
Mitch, truck worker henchman
Sol Gorss
Dude, lodge gate guard
Hank Mann
Gilly, lodge gate guard
Fred Kelsey
Police Chief Hansen
Hobart Bosworth
Dr. Sidney Carter
Walter Brooke
Trooper Walter Leary
Creighton Hale
Judd, the druggist
Davison Clark
Sheriff Downs
Vera Lewis
Indignant Woman in Car
Leo White
Her Husband
William Hopper
Murdered Bank Teller
Charles Drake
Reporter at Police HQ

CinemaSerf

When one of their number ("Joe") is shot during a robbery, the gangsters responsible try to seek the help of a doctor. The first they find claims that he needs hospital treatment and that's soon the end of him. They move on to another, "Bishop" (Regis Toomey), and lure him to their hideout where he discovers the sister of the wounded man "Nora" (Adele Longmire) who also happens to be a nurse. They are given a very thinly veiled ultimatum - save his life or lose their own. Both reckon they are doomed either way, so have to find a way of getting a message out to the pursuing police before they are toast. Just to add a little spice to the proceedings, "Nora" also happens to be the moll of boss "Dillon" (the not very menacing Howard Da Silva) so some conflict looms? Though it is quite watchable, it hasn't really an original bone in it's body and appears to be supplemented with some archive footage from similar crimes-noir. The denouement is just a little different but for the most part it's all join-the-dots stuff that you've seen before with a cast and writing that's probably just as adequate.


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