The Turning Point

1952
A
1h 25m

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William Holden, Carolyn Jones, Edmond O'Brien, and Alexis Smith in The Turning Point (1952)

Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective f... Read allJerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.

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William Holden

Jerry McKibbon

Edmond O'Brien

John Conroy

Alexis Smith

Amanda Waycross

Tom Tully

Matt Conroy

Ed Begley

Neil Eichelberger

Danny Dayton

Roy Ackerman
(as Dan Dayton)

Adele Longmire

Carmelina LaRue

Ray Teal

Clint

Ted de Corsia

Harrigan

Don Porter

Joe Silbray

Howard Freeman

Fogel

Neville Brand

Jay Adler

Sammy Lester
(uncredited)

Rachel Ames

Girl
(uncredited)

Edward Astran

Committee Member
(uncredited)

Peter Baldwin

Boy
(uncredited)

Tony Barr

Monty LaRue
(uncredited)

Whit Bissell

Buck
(uncredited)

Director
- William Dieterle
Writers
- Warren Duff
- Horace McCoy
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Trivia
Inspired by the U.S. Senate's Committee to Investigate Organized Crime, also known as the Kefauver Committee, headed by Senator Estes Kefauver, which was active 1950 to 1951.

Goofs
At about 35 min the shadow of the camera rig moves over William Holden.

Quotes
Amanda Waycross: Isn't it a tragic thing if the people all over this nation can be told that a man like Eichelberger can tear a man like you apart with his dirty fingers. What are we coming to Johnny, when a man like that can do this to all of us?

Connections
Referenced in Biography: Carolyn Jones: Morticia and More (2002)

Soundtracks
Prelude
(uncredited)
from Desert Fury (1947)
Music by Miklós Rózsa

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7/10

Good Dialogue: The Turning Point

If you like your noir realistic, then this film is for you. The twist ending will also provide a surprise for some, although it is generally a Hollywood formula that when two good guys are interested in the same girl, one of them usually gets knocked off. William Holden, Edmund O'Brien, Neville Brand (TV Untouchables), and Carolyn Jones all give outstanding performances. A reporter and cop love the same woman and the mob is after both men. Great dialogue; especially the line where the top hood says (paraphrasing) "your college degree didnt make you better or smarter than the rest of us in the real world".