Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...
Directed by Anthony Mann
prison
gangster
man between two women
getaway car
revenge
film noir
prison break
moll
police manhunt
woman's story
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
Cast
Dennis O'Keefe
Joe Sullivan
Claire Trevor
Pat Cameron
Marsha Hunt
Ann Martin
John Ireland
Fantail
Raymond Burr
Rick Coyle
Curt Conway
Spider
Chili Williams
Marcy
Richard Fraser
Fields
Whit Bissell
Murderer
Cliff Clark
Gates
Gregg Barton
Robert Bice
Crew
Anthony Mann
Director
John Alton
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
Bryce
8.0★ · 10/17/25
I love the cinematography in this one my top shots from this are the two cars on the beach one and the final fight between Rick and Joe seeing the flames blaze while the men fight is great.
The concept of Joe being in-between two women kind of plays out like a devil and angel on your shoulders. Ann is the lawful one wanting Joe to turn himself in while Pat is aiding Joe in his escaping of the US borders in search of a new life.
Mann does great with shots like the fugitive getting gunned down in front of the house about halfway through the movie which was probably stunning to see in the 40s and then beachhouse fight scene was shot really good in a blocking perspective.
I love the cinematography in this one my top shots from this are the two cars on the beach one and the final fight between Rick and Joe seeing the flames blaze while the men fight is great.
The concept of Joe being in-between two women kind of plays out like a devil and angel on your shoulders. Ann is the lawful one wanting Joe to turn himself in while Pat is aiding Joe in his escaping of the US borders in search of a new life.
Mann does great with shots like the fugitive getting gunned down in front of the house about halfway through the movie which was probably stunning to see in the 40s and then beachhouse fight scene was shot really good in a blocking perspective.
Anna Bruner
5.6★ · 06/05/25
Wanted to like this bad but nothing about these characters or their choices were interesting or even sensical
Wanted to like this bad but nothing about these characters or their choices were interesting or even sensical
