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Out of the Past

A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.

Small-town gas pumper Jeff Bailey's mysterious past catches up with him one day when he's ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. Flashback: Once, Jeff was a private eye hired by Sterling to find his mistress Kathie, who shot Whit and absconded with $40,000. He traces her to Acapulco, where the delectable Kathie makes Jeff forget all about Sterling. Back in the present, Whit's new job for Jeff is clearly a trap, but Jeff's precautions only leave him more tightly enmeshed.

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Info about Out of the Past

Studio(s): RKO Radio Pictures

Originally Released: United Kingdom, Dec 18, 1947

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir, Romance