La sconfitta di Satana

Titolo originale: Alias Nick Beal
Regia: John Farrow |
Anno: 1949
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Crime Fantasy
Tag: prostitute | fog | politician | moral conflict | pact with the devil | faust | film noir | soul selling | devil | district attorney | temptation | rise to power | mob boss | political corruption | false evidence | docks | faustian pact | fixer | valiant wife | political machine | lost souls | deal with the devil | run for governor |
Cast: Ray Milland | Audrey Totter | Thomas Mitchell | George Macready | Fred Clark | Geraldine Wall | Henry O'Neill | Darryl Hickman | Nestor Paiva | King Donovan | Charles Evans | Ernö Verebes | Douglas Spencer | Arlene Jenkins | Pepito Pérez | Joey Ray | Leon Alton | Edward Biby | Danny Borzage | James Burke | James Carlisle | Helen Chapman | James Conaty | Frank Darien | James Dime | Ray Dolciame | Lester Dorr | Jimmie Dundee | Franklyn Farnum | Julia Faye | Al Ferguson | Charles Flickinger | Bess Flowers | Maxine Gates | Everett Glass | Dick Gordon | Herschel Graham | Theresa Harris | Percy Helton | Stuart Holmes | Jerry James | Richard Kipling | Ethan Laidlaw | Orley Lindgren | Alyn Lockwood | Frank Mayo | Russell Meeker | Harold Miller | Howard M. Mitchell | Ralph Montgomery | Frances Morris | Richard Neill | Monty O'Grady | Pat O'Malley | Steve Pendleton | Pat Phelan | Elaine Riley | Jean Ruth | John Shay | John Sheehan | Don Shelton | Charles Sherlock | Billy Snyder | Cap Somers | Robert R. Stephenson | Bert Stevens | Sid Tomack | Philip Van Zandt | Harold Vermilyea | Joe Whitehead | Bob Coleman | James Cornell | James Davies | Donya Dean | Allan Douglas | Tom Dugan | Howard Gardiner | Jack Gargan | Bret Hamilton | Sam Harris | Weldon Heyburn | Geraldine Jordan | Jean Marshall | Diana Mumby | Anton Northpole | Tim Ryan | Louise Saraydar | Bill Sheehan | Kippee Valez |

L'americano buono con senso della giustizia è qui esemplificato dal procuratore Foster che, vinta la sua battaglia contro i malviventi, si candida a governatore dello Stato. I nemici riescono a corromperlo, mettendogli anche vicino una sciantosa che gli rovina la reputazione, ma l'eroe finisce per vincere.