US Release date: 12 October 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 26 August 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: USA.
Running time: 89 minutes
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Charles Bickford
Australian Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at Hoyts Capitol Theatre from 28 July 1950 with One Last Fling as the supporting feature
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 232 | 102 |
| EF PPE | 4.55 | 117 |
| Metres Travelled | 557,813 | 42 |
| Average MT | 10,938 | 74 |
| Engagements | 51 | 65 |
| Slots | 55 | 143 |
| Weeks | 4 | 188 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 7.84% | 223 |
| Saturdays | 21 | 112 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 41.18% | 158 |
| Tuesdays | 26 | 48 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 50.98% | 94 |
| First billed | 48 | 56 |
| Second billed | 3 | 234 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 46 |
| Ratio | 90.20% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.16% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 4 |
| Ratio | 7.84% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.45% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 1.96% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.28% |
| Hoyts eng | 34 |
| Ratio | 66.67% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.89% |
| Independent eng | 7 |
| Ratio | 13.73% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.23% |
| Suburban eng | 10 |
| Ratio | 19.61% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.11% |
NOTES: One of RKO’s better performers, Roseanna McCoy may have ranked higher on the EF scale had it played its majority of engagements in the Saturday slots rather than Tuesdays. As it was, it landed just outside the top 100. Almost always top billed, its regular support was Undertow.
Roseanna McCoy engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 1 | W | 1 | The Big Wheel |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 2/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Big Wheel |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | T | 2 | The Big Wheel |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 4 | W | 1 | The Big Wheel |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 23/9/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 23/9/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 5 | T | 2 | The Big Wheel |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 30/9/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Undertow |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 7 | S | 1 | The Big Wheel |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 7/10/50 | 7 | T | 1 | Poet’s Pub |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 7 | W | 1 | The Big Wheel |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 8 | S | 1 | Undertow |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 4/11/50 | 11 | S | 1 | State Department File 649 |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 18/11/50 | 13 | S | 1 | Henry the Rainmaker |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 2/12/50 | 15 | T | 1 | The Threat |
| Middle Brighton | Prince George | Independent | 10/2/51 | 25 | S | 2 | Savage Splendor |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 7/7/51 | 46 | S | 1 | Armored Car Robbery |
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