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Synopsis: Peter, a WW II 'displaced person' about to be deported jumps ship in New York harbor in an effort to find an ex-G.I named Tom whom he helped during the war and can prove Peter's right to legal entry in the United States. It is a race against time for if he can't Tom within 24 hours and prove his case, he will be branded a fugitive and will be permanently disqualified for U.S. citizenship. His quest leads him to befriending Maggie, a down-on-her-luck factory worker whom he rejuvenates through his good faith; a visit to a jazz club where Shorty Rogers and his band and trombonist Jack Teagarden are playing, and an interlude with a good- hearted burlesque dancer, Tanya Zakoyla, takes him to her mother's home for food and rest. The climax comes at dawn in the United Nations building (the "glass wall" of the title) where he goes to plead his case and that of all displaced persons.
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
Director(s): Maxwell Shane
Production: Columbia Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.9
APPROVED
Year:
1953
82 min
110 Views


then he'd be looking around Times Square.

Possibility. We'll try. Come on.

We'll split up the area

between 42nd Street and 47th,

from 8th Avenue to 5th.

- You take this, Kiley.

- Yes, sir.

I'll take 42nd to 47th.

Melinger, take this section,

and Toomey, that one.

Cover all night spots,

every place that has a band.

If he's on the level

about that clarinet fellow...

What happens

if you don't get him back by 7:00?

- That your sailing time?

- Yes.

Well, he becomes a fugitive and a criminal.

After that, he'll never be able

to get into this country at all.

Well, let's get going.

Your clarinet player, his name is Tom?

Tom? Are you kidding?

We got an all-girl band.

- One?

- Your clarinet player, his name is Tom?

Clarinet player, trumpet player,

who knows their names? They play.

- May I look, please?

- Help yourself.

- Thank you.

- Only, don't block the aisle.

Hey, Zelda.

Hey, she's stealing my coat!

- Stop!

- Come back!

- Hey! Hey!

- Stop!

Hey, she's stealing my coat!

Hey, come back. Hey! Hey!

Hey, stop her! She's stealing my coat!

Hey!

Well, what are you standing there for?

She went to the park. Go after her.

Hey, look. There's a police car.

Hey. Hey, police! Police!

Get down.

- I left the coat. Let go of me.

- Keep quiet. Quiet.

We'll get her. My partner's calling in.

We'll have all the exits blocked.

- Just what are you doing?

- You want to get out, don't you?

- Of course I do.

- Then crawl. Follow me.

Get down on your belly. Crawl. Come on.

Thanks. I'll be seeing you.

Hey.

Look, you helped me, and I'm grateful.

- Let's call it quits, okay?

- You are not safe yet.

- Let me worry about me, will you?

- I wouldn't feel right if you were caught.

I'm relieving you of all obligation.

You can clear your conscience as of now.

What is it with you?

Now, where do you live?

- I got a room.

- All right. We'll go there.

We? Now, just a minute.

You mean, if I don't, you...

I haven't got much choice, have I?

Why don't you be a good Joe and go home?

I've met all kinds, all with the same idea.

- But you, you got me buffaloed.

- Buffaloed?

Don't you understand English?

You're fast enough

to take advantage of a situation.

- I had to do it.

- Had to.

You trying to win a bet or something?

I had to find a place to rest.

That's a new approach.

- Have you some water, please?

- Over there.

- Look what you've done.

- I'm sorry.

My landlady would just as soon

toss me on my ear...

I hope she didn't... She did.

Open up. I know you're in there.

Where's that money you promised me?

I'll have it for you in a day or two,

Mrs. Hinckley.

Bushwa. You've been giving me that

for weeks. I'm not having any more.

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Ivan Tors

Ivan Tors (born Iván Törzs; June 12, 1916  in Budapest, Hungary – June 4, 1983 in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso) was a Hungarian playwright, film director, screenwriter, and film and television producer with an emphasis on non-violent but exciting science fiction, underwater sequences, and stories involving animals. He started a Miami-based film studio now known as Greenwich Studios, and later a music company. more…

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