Harold J. Stone plays a bad guy of the first rank in this unsatisfactory "Naked City" segment. I enjoyed hating him but it takes more than that to qualify as fine entertainment.
He's a criminal dealing in stolen goods with his son-in-law (Mark Rydell) as dispensable pawn in his crimes. He threatens the young man in the opening scene - keep fencing the goods or face death.
Rydell escapes and the story rests on a gimmick: two people separately identify a dead body: a shylock money lender claims it's his brother, while Stone says it's his son-in-law. The cops investigate and poor Rochelle Oliver is stuck in the middle, when Rydell finally contacts her (on the run, not dead) and she has to choose: back her daddy or her husband.
It's a dull story, with an unrewarding ending, loaded with loose ends not tied up properly, such as how Stone knew about a random corpse to misidentify. Silliphant didn't write this junker, and it shows.
He's a criminal dealing in stolen goods with his son-in-law (Mark Rydell) as dispensable pawn in his crimes. He threatens the young man in the opening scene - keep fencing the goods or face death.
Rydell escapes and the story rests on a gimmick: two people separately identify a dead body: a shylock money lender claims it's his brother, while Stone says it's his son-in-law. The cops investigate and poor Rochelle Oliver is stuck in the middle, when Rydell finally contacts her (on the run, not dead) and she has to choose: back her daddy or her husband.
It's a dull story, with an unrewarding ending, loaded with loose ends not tied up properly, such as how Stone knew about a random corpse to misidentify. Silliphant didn't write this junker, and it shows.