"Hamlet, take Shakespeare for a walk" - things improve sans booze

The Phoenix passage through horrors just to stay sober

George Nader as a washed up reporter with one helluva story

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Do you mind if I say I'm glad this is the last time I'm gonna have to do this?

Look at him. Paul Baxter and clean sheets they just don't add up. Do they, sis?

It'll take a lot more than a shower and a shave to make anything add up for him again.

You just don't have any faith in him at all. Do you, Spence?

Penny, I got more faith in these guys than most people have. In fact, I got so much faith in them I can predict exactly what'll happen when you clean them up and turn them loose. He'll go get drunk again.

We got him another chance on every newspaper in town.

Oh, come on, sis, why don't you just settle for being a good newspaper woman till the right guy comes along, huh?

And the top reporter in town at twenty-five and he's an alcoholic bum before he's thirty. You call it right?

I know, I know, I just don't want to see you through your life away, I want to see you happy, that's all.

Alright, you'll love him. You're my sister, I happen to love you. Believe me, that's the only reason I'm going through with this deal. I took me a long time to make Lieutenant you know, I could be back pounding a beat in thirty seconds if the department found out what I'm up to. So I think that gives me a right to make you promise.

Look, if he goofs this one up, you see him for the last time. I mean it, Penny. I want you to promise me this is the end of the line.

George Nader in Appointment with a Shadow (1957)

Brian Keith, Rusty Lane, and George Nader in Appointment with a Shadow (1957)

Rusty Lane in Appointment with a Shadow (1957)

Brian Keith and Joanna Moore in Appointment with a Shadow (1957)

Joanna Moore in Appointment with a Shadow (1957)

George Nader

Joanna Moore

Brian Keith

Alec Coppel

Norman Jolley

Judson Philips

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when he is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

Richard Carlson

Appointment with a Shadow

Proof that a mostly forgotten actor was too good to be forgotten.

&quot;Appointment with a Shadow&quot; is a gritty film starring George Nader, a famous American actor whose career slid into obscurity after it was revealed he was gay. It&apos;s a shame, as he was very good in this film and his Jerry Cotton spy films of the 1960s...which were filmed in Germany since American studios would no longer hire him.

When the story starts, you see that Paul Baxter (Nader) is a falling down drunk...and it&apos;s pretty much ruined his career as a reporter. His girlfriend, Penny (Joanna Moore), is almost ready to walk, but she gives him an ultimatum and one more chance. Although it&apos;s very tough, Paul tries his best to stay away from alcohol and write an article he can be proud of creating. The problem is when he sees a murder, the cops don&apos;t believe him...and assume he&apos;s drunk. So he has to find someone who believes him, as his reputation is so bad, no one seems to believe him. And, in the meantime, a mobster is out to keep Paul quiet...permanently!

Nader was very good playing a drunk. He didn&apos;t overplay it (an easy trap to fall into) and was quite good in this noir movie. It also helped that the writing was exceptional. Overall, a terrific film...one that deserves to be more well known.

"Appointment with a Shadow" is a gritty film starring George Nader, a famous American actor whose career slid into obscurity after it was revealed he was gay. It's a shame, as he was very good in this film and his Jerry Cotton spy films of the 1960s...which were filmed in Germany since American studios would no longer hire him.

When the story starts, you see that Paul Baxter (Nader) is a falling down drunk...and it's pretty much ruined his career as a reporter. His girlfriend, Penny (Joanna Moore), is almost ready to walk, but she gives him an ultimatum and one more chance. Although it's very tough, Paul tries his best to stay away from alcohol and write an article he can be proud of creating. The problem is when he sees a murder, the cops don't believe him...and assume he's drunk. So he has to find someone who believes him, as his reputation is so bad, no one seems to believe him. And, in the meantime, a mobster is out to keep Paul quiet...permanently!

Nader was very good playing a drunk. He didn't overplay it (an easy trap to fall into) and was quite good in this noir movie. It also helped that the writing was exceptional. Overall, a terrific film...one that deserves to be more well known.

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