Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
bible
film noir
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Cast
George Raft
Johnny Torno
Virginia Mayo
Carla North
Gene Lockhart
Warni Hazard
Raymond Burr
Nick Cherney
Harry Morgan
Rocky
Barton MacLane
Detective Strecker
Arthur Franz
Fr. Jess Torno
Ken Murray
Ken Murray
Stanley Clements
Carlson Hotel Bellhop
William Frawley
Hotel Night Clerk
Arthur Shields
Father Redmond
Frank Orth
Wallace 'Wally' Stoner
Crew
Roy Del Ruth
Director
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Roy Del Ruth
Producer
Don 'Red' Barry
Story
Robert Aldrich
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Dimitri Tiomkin
Music Director
Popular Reviews
1 review
Fern
4.6★ · 01/14/25
I like how nick describes a plot to a movie george raft did 10 years earlier when he said he was a former convict that found it very hard to find work (and then nick gets right back into shady shit too)
I like how nick describes a plot to a movie george raft did 10 years earlier when he said he was a former convict that found it very hard to find work (and then nick gets right back into shady shit too)
