• Backfire is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Vincent Sherman starring Virginia Mayo and Gordon MacRae, with Edmond O'Brien, Dane Clark...
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  • also refer to: Backfire (1926 film), part of the Ton of Fun series Backfire (1950 film), featuring Virginia Mayo and Gordon Macrae Backfire! (1962 film)...
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    Mayo was top billed in the film noir Backfire (1950), and she was a huge hit in The Flame and the Arrow (1950) as Burt Lancaster's love interest. She...
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    actress, singer, and dancer. MacRae appeared in such films as Caged (1950), Backfire (1950), and Sex and the Single Girl (1964). On television, MacRae played...
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  • evidence debunking them, this is known as a backfire effect. There are psychological mechanisms by which backfire effects could potentially occur, but the...
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    then back to Warner Bros. for Backfire (1950) and Barricade (1950). He travelled to England to make Highly Dangerous (1950) and France for Gunman in the...
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    Golfer (uncredited) Ladies' Day (1943) – Movie Director (uncredited) Backfire (1950) – Waiter (uncredited) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 1 Episode...
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    (1949) – Alec Dawning Montana (1950) – Rodney Ackroyd Backfire (1950) – Heard on Radio (voice, uncredited) Barricade (1950) – Clay's Man (uncredited) Ma...
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  • not careful, their communications may backfire – increasing an audience's long-term belief in myths. Backfire effects can occur if a message spends too...
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    Brokenridge Backfire (1950) as Blake – Plainclothes Cop (uncredited) Dynamite Pass (1950) as Anson Thurber Captive Girl (1950) as Hakim Texas Dynamo (1950) as...
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  • Lewis Babul (Father's House), starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis – (India) Backfire, starring Virginia Mayo and Gordon MacRae The Bandit Queen, starring Barbara...
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    (uncredited) Backfire (1950) as Dr. Nolan (uncredited) Borderline (1950) as Peterson—U.S. Customs Man (uncredited) The Yellow Cab Man (1950) as L.A. Casualty...
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    (1949) as Mr. Neley Backfire (1950) as Plainclothesman (uncredited) Beauty on Parade (1950) as Jeffrey Woodstock The Lost Volcano (1950) as Fred Barton Edge...
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    Full (1950) as Dorothy (uncredited) Backfire (1950) as Sybil (uncredited) Fancy Pants (1950) as Bessie / Betsy (uncredited) Let's Dance (1950) as Mrs...
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  • Ulysses' Gaze (1995) Yanks (1979) Backfire (1950) Repeat Performance (1947) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) Angel Heart (1987) Antisocial...
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  • Auto (uncredited) Land of the Lawless (1947) - Barfly (uncredited) Backfire (1950) - Cop at Shootout (uncredited) (final film role) Jack Hill at IMDb...
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    as Deacon Jones Montana (1950) as Charlie Penrose (uncredited) The Blonde Bandit (1950) as Police Chief Ramsey Backfire (1950) as Detective Sgt. Pluther...
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    is a sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. In other words, those who help others are doomed...
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  • Street (1950) Side Street (1950) Tension (1949) They Live by Night (1948) Where Danger Lives (1950) Armored Car Robbery (1950) Backfire (1950) Cornered...
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  • cafe when Lane gets hired Backfire (1950) Played when Steve, Bonnie and Lysa arrive at the party Young Man with a Horn (1950) featured Harry James dubbing...
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  • Colorado Territory (1949) - producer Backfire (1950) - producer Chain Lightning (1950) - producer Dallas (1950) - producer Along the Great Divide (1951)...
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  • January 28, 1950 Montana February 11, 1950 Backfire February 18, 1950 Chain Lightning March 1, 1950 Young Man with a Horn March 11, 1950 Perfect Stranger...
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  • Takes a Sailor (1949) – Lab Assistant (uncredited) Backfire (1950) – Attendant (uncredited) Tomahawk (1950) – Blair Streeter (uncredited) Mr. Belvedere Rings...
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    Montana (1950) – Rancher (uncredited) Backfire (1950) – Cab Driver (uncredited) Francis (1950) – Bank Employee (uncredited) Chain Lightning (1950) – Well-Wisher...
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  • Warner Bros. who hired them to rewrite a murder mystery, Backfire (made in 1948, released in 1950). Their work on that film impressed the studio enough to...
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    O'Grady (1950) (uncredited) Montana (1950) (uncredited) Backfire (1950) (uncredited) Chain Lightning (1950) (uncredited) Perfect Strangers (1950) (uncredited)...
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  • cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 84. Backfire (1950) Dark City (1950) Cause for Alarm! (1951; based on his radio work) Paula (1952)...
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    Saleswoman (1950) - Soap Factory Mechanic (uncredited) Backfire (1950) - Dick Manning - Man from Detroit (uncredited) Let's Dance (1950) - Police Lieutenant...
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  • the High Seas (1948) June Bride (1948) One Sunday Afternoon (1948) Backfire (1950) Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame "Overview for Anton Grot". Turner...
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  • airborne briefly for ~ a quarter mile, when one starboard engine began backfiring and caught fire, followed by the shutdown of all six engines. The aircraft...
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