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2026-04-27 15:37:40

Watched “Guilty Bystander” (1950), a #FilmNoir directed by Joseph Lerner about a washed up ex-cop who unwittingly gets caught in the crossfire of a small-time smuggling ring while searching for his missing son. Peter Conheim (Neung Phak, Negativland) did the restoration.

HOW INNOCENT CAN A BYSTANDER BE? Asks the movie poster.
Max Thursday (Zachary Scott) looks away as the morgue doctor lifts a sheet to show Captain Tonetti (Sam Levine) the murder victim.
Max Thursday and his ex-wife (Faye Emerson) in the police station.