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Act of Violence/Mystery Street lesbian His legs give way whenEx World War II pilot Frank Enley (Van Heflin) is a respected contractor and family man. Then his troubled, gimp legged bombardier (Robert Ryan) shows up with a gun and a score to settle. Perhaps neither man is what he seems to be as director Fred Zinnemann (The Day of the Jackal) guides a searing Act of Violence, "the first postwar noir to take a challenging look at the ethics of men in combat" (Eddie Muller, Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir).