An effective, gritty noir entry, containing all the hallmarks of the genre; dim shadowy basements, murky night scenes. Hard-boiled, vilified cop Sterling Hayden treads a solitary path in pursuit of the murderer of three of his fellow officers.
Glorious Gloria Grahame is splendid as the spirited gangster's moll slapped around by bully-boy Barry, who like many of life's more dubious products contrives to fall off the back of a lorry.
Glorious Gloria Grahame is splendid as the spirited gangster's moll slapped around by bully-boy Barry, who like many of life's more dubious products contrives to fall off the back of a lorry.