...with Peter Berneis, an independent production. Not a film noir but a nightmarish drama, with echoes of Powell's Something Always Happens. Dan Duryea needs to get $53 to reconnect his phone as his wife's calling about their daughter's accident. The boy is Gordon Gebert again, who recalls that Duryea was simpatico and obviously a father himself.
It was shot in some then-dodgy part of LA, making much use of staircases (which perhaps contribute to the dream feeling), shot by Robert de Grasse, music by Heinz Roemheld (Ride Lonesome, The Tall T, Lady from Shanghai, The Strawberry Blonde). With Mary Anderson.
It's great when you chance upon a little classic you've never heard of before.
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