Kill or Be Killed (1950)
1h 7m | PG-13
An innocent man accused of a murder hides out aboard a steam ship in South American.
Director: Max Nosseck
Studio: Juno Productions Inc.
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Lawrence Tierney
as Robert Warren
Marissa O'Brien
as Maria Marek
Rudolph Anders
as Gregory Marek
George Coulouris
as Victor Sloma
Veloso Pires
as Damiao, the mute (as Velosa Pires)
Helga Liné
as Dancer
Reviews
This is probably most notable for the performance of Lawrence Tierney ("Warren") playing a goodie for a change. He has just installed an air-con system in a bar in Brazil and whilst chasing up his cash, he discovers the owner has been robbed and murdered and he has to escape into the jungle on an old river boat; with the help of concert pianist Marissa O'Brian ("Maria"), who is joining her husband (Rudolph Anders) and his dodgy business partner George Coulouris ("Sloma") in the remote Amazonian wilderness. Aside from a rather fun contribution from his young, mute, pal who gives him a timely warning about piranha fish, the plot degrades quickly into a plodding melodrama with some beautiful scenery but precious little else to rescue it from the doldrums with a rather underwhelming conclusion.