Jigsaw 1949 ★★★ Crime/Film-noir (CC)

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Jigsaw is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Fletcher Markle starring Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace and Marc Lawrence. The feature was produced by the Danziger Brothers, Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger from a screenplay by Vincent McConnor and Fletcher Markle, which was based on a story by John Roeburt.

The film features cameo appearances by Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda, John Garfield, Burgess Meredith, Marsha Hunt, Doe Avedon, Everett Sloane, newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons and the film's director, Fletcher Markle.

Plot:
When the owner of a printing shop is found dead, the District Attorney assumes that it was a suicide. But the Assistant D.A., Howard Malloy, suspects that there is a connection with an extremist political group called the 'Crusaders'. When a journalist whose articles had attacked the Crusaders is also killed, Malloy is convinced. With help from the widow of a prominent judge, he conducts an investigation. As he does so, he meets a peculiar political boss and also an attractive night club singer, each of whom could become either a source of help or a source of danger.

Credits
Franchot Tone as Howard Malloy
Jean Wallace as Barbara Whitfield
Myron McCormick as Charles Riggs
Marc Lawrence as Angelo Agostini
Winifred Lenihan as Mrs. Hartley
Doe Avedon as Caroline Riggs
Hedley Rainnie as Sigmund Kosterich
Walter Vaughan as District Attorney Walker
George Breen as Knuckles
Robert Gist as Tommy Quigley
Hester Sondergaard as Mrs. Borg
Luella Gear as Pet Shop Owner
Henry Fonda as Nightclub Waiter
Alexander Campbell as Pemberton
Robert Noe as Waldron
Alexander Lockwood as Nichols
Ken Smith as Wylie
Alan MacAteer as Museum Guard
Manuel Aparicio as Warehouse Guard
Brainerd Duffield as Butler
Marlene Dietrich as Nightclub Patron

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