I like Frank Lovejoy but this film was absolutely a waste of time. They literally told you how it was going to end at about a quarter of the way through when we learn that Stan (Lovejoy's character) committed murder as a soldier in post war Germany and the murdered soldier's father wanted Lovejoy captured by the German police so they developed this elaborate scheme to get him back. At that point I should have given up watching. After that the rest of the movie was a combination of odd strategies for nabbing Stan and boring side takes with uninspiring bit players. The only reason I made it to the end was I was hoping there would be a plot twist but alas all we got was Stan giving Joanie a slap as he was being arrested. Definitely not film noir. All that to get Frank to admit he shot some other soldier while selling post war contraband. Skip this one.
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