THE CLARION
CALL BY O. HENRY
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views•Jul 26, 2020
ENJOY
ENGLISH
"The
Clarion Call"
Story level
2
Directed by HENRY
HATHAWAY, from a screenplay by RICHARD L. BREEN, it stars DALE ROBERTSON AND
RICHARD WIDMARK. Plot: A detective cannot arrest a murderer he knows from his
past due to his honor involving an outstanding financial debt to the criminal.
Once a newspaper offers a reward, after being mocked by the criminal, the
detective arrests the criminal and collects the reward to repay the debt.
This
vignette reunited Henry Hathaway and Richard Widmark who'd worked together on
the noir classic Kiss of Death (1947). Widmark's character in The Clarion Call,
"Johnny Kernan", is actually a reprise of his Oscar-nominated
character "Tommy Udo" from Kiss of Death. Widmark's Udo/Kernan
character was inspired by his love of Batman comics' "The Joker". The
Tommy Udo performance in turn influenced Frank Gorshin in preparation for his
"Riddler" character on the Batman TV series in the 1960s.
Grateful thanks to ENJOY ENGLISH, HENRY HATHAWAY, RICHARD L. BREEN, DALE ROBERTSON, RICHARD WIDMARK, all others who made this video possible and YouTube.
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