The Fat Man (film)
| The Fat Man | |
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| Directed by | William Castle |
| Screenplay by | Harry Essex Leonard Lee |
| Story by | Leonard Lee |
| Based on | radio series created by Dashiell Hammett |
| Produced by | Aubrey Schenck |
| Starring | J. Scott Smart |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Fat Man is a 1951 American crime film noir directed by William Castle and starring J. Scott Smart, Rock Hudson, Julie London, Clinton Sundberg and Emmett Kelly. It is based on a radio drama of the same name, with Smart reprising his role as portly detective Brad Runyan.
Originally released by Universal Pictures, the film is now in the public domain in the United States.
Castle later called the film "a potboiler of little merit, except that I was able to cast Rock Hudson ... and to use Emmett Kelly, the Ringling Brothers clown, as the villain."