Guilty Bystander is a 1950 independent film production, considered film noir

Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...

, starring Zachary Scott

Zachary Scott

Zachary Scott was an American actor, most notable for his roles as villains and "mystery men".-Life and career:...

 and Faye Emerson

Faye Emerson

Faye Margaret Emerson was an American film actress and television interviewer, known as "The First Lady of Television". She acted in many Warner Brothers films beginning in 1941...

. The film was the last film appearance for character actor Mary Boland

Mary Boland

-Career:Born Marie Anne Boland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of William Boland, an actor, and his wife Mary Cecilia Hatton. She had an older sister named Sara....

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Bosley Crowther

Bosley Crowther

Bosley Crowther was a journalist and author who was film critic for The New York Times for 27 years. His reviews and articles helped shape the careers of actors, directors and screenwriters, though his reviews, at times, were unnecessarily mean...

, writing for the New York Times, calls Guilty Bystanders plot as average but notes "... the slow, sultry, steaming sadism that is usually standard in this type of film is rather effectively accomplished. The photography is full of heavy moods. And some of the melodramatic action, such as a chase in the subway, is good." http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=2&title1=&title2=Guilty%20Bystander&reviewer=BOSLEY%20CROWTHER&pdate=19500421&v_id=93991&oref=slogin&oref=login

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Actor	Role
Zachary Scott Zachary Scott Zachary Scott was an American actor, most notable for his roles as villains and "mystery men".-Life and career:...	Max Thursday
Faye Emerson Faye Emerson Faye Margaret Emerson was an American film actress and television interviewer, known as "The First Lady of Television". She acted in many Warner Brothers films beginning in 1941...	Georgia
Mary Boland Mary Boland -Career:Born Marie Anne Boland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of William Boland, an actor, and his wife Mary Cecilia Hatton. She had an older sister named Sara....	Smitty
Sam Levene Sam Levene Sam Levene was an American Broadway and film actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1927 with five lines in a play titled Wall Street, and over a span of nearly 50 years, appeared on Broadway in 37 Shows, of which 33 were the original Broadway Productions, many now considered legendary...	Captain Tonetti
J. Edward Bromberg J. Edward Bromberg Joseph Edward Bromberg was a Hungarian-born American character actor in motion picture and stage productions dating mostly from the 1930s and 1940s....	Varkas