An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
Directed by André de Toth
blackmail
film noir
los angeles, california
extramarital affair
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3.5 / 5
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Cast
Dick Powell
John Forbes
Lizabeth Scott
Mona Stevens
Jane Wyatt
Sue Forbes
Raymond Burr
MacDonald
John Litel
District Attorney
Byron Barr
Bill Smiley
Jimmy Hunt
Tommy Forbes
Ann Doran
Maggie
Selmer Jackson
Ed Brawley
Dick Wessel
Desk Sergeant
Eddie Borden
Prison Visitor (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
District Attorney's Man
Crew
André de Toth
Director
William Bowers
Screenplay
André de Toth
Screenplay
Joseph Depew
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
Archie Leach
8.0★ · 03/12/24
L.A. noir is the best. And instead of your typical shady people doing shady things, this one has decent people trying to do the decent thing but with all the menace and dark shadows of the best of them. Great quips in here too.
L.A. noir is the best. And instead of your typical shady people doing shady things, this one has decent people trying to do the decent thing but with all the menace and dark shadows of the best of them. Great quips in here too.
