The Enforcer
- Year: 1951
- Country of origin: USA
- Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Director: Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh
- Length: 87 min
Humphrey Bogart as the double-fisted district attorney who matched bullet for bullet with a nationwide network of killers-for-hire!
Film Synopsis
A former gangster, released from prison, tries to go straight but is drawn back into a world of crime when his old associates target him and his loved ones. He must navigate betrayal, danger, and the moral compromises of his past to protect those he cares about. The story unfolds as a tense urban crime drama highlighting loyalty, vengeance, and redemption.
Critical Perspective
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Humphrey Bogart’s swan song with Warner Brothers is a really interesting film. If Martin Rackin’s screenplay is a little too convoluted for its own good, it’s fascinating to see a procedural like this one, especially since it so clearly presages current day efforts like Dick Wolf’s Law and Order franchise. The film moves along without pausing to really dwell on things like character all that much, but when you have the good guys and bad guys so clearly delineated, that’s not as fatal an error as it might seem at first blush.
Jeffrey Kauffman, Olive Blu-ray review (Blu-ray.com, 2013)
The Enforcer Blu-ray & DVD editions
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Edition and Packaging Notes
- Kino’s Blu-ray is included in the “Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXII” box set with The Scarlet Hour (1956) and Plunder Road (1957). Trailers included: Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) and The Killing (1956).
- Olive’s Blu-ray contains no extras.
- Imprint’s Blu-ray is included in the “Essential Film Noir: Collection 4” box set with Rope of Sand (1949), Appointment with Danger (1950), Beware, My Lovely (1952) and Jennifer (1953). Reissued individually (2023/09/13).
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