The Hunted is a 1948 American film noir crime film starring Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin and Edna Holland.. It was directed by Jack Bernhard.

Plot

A detective helps send his girlfriend to prison but she claims she was framed. After her release from prison the detective won't leave her alone because he thinks she has now committed a murder. He is still in love with her but continues to hunt her down. There are classic twists and turns. There is a beautiful ice skating scene by (Belita). She was an ice skater in real life.

Cast Preston Foster as Johnny Saxon Belita as Laura Mead Pierre Watkin as Simon Rand, Attorney Edna Holland as Miss Turner Russell Hicks as Dan Meredith Chief of Detectives Frank Ferguson as Paul Harrison Joseph Crehan as Police Captain Larry J. Blake as Hollis Smith Cathy Carter as Sally Winters Charles McGraw as Detective Tris Coffin as Detective

Production The film was announced in 1946 and was one of Allied Artists' most expensive movies.

Reception

Critical response Film critic Leonard Maltin said of the film, "Low-budget noir has a hard-boiled sheen but a prosaic, overlong treatment; it even finds time for one of Belita's ice skating routines!"Maltin, Leonard. Turner Classic Movies, film review, no date. Accessed: August 20, 2013.

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