A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.
Directed by Robert Florey
film noir
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
Peter Lorre
Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Evelyn Keyes
Helen Williams
Don Beddoe
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
George E. Stone
Dinky
John Tyrrell
Watts
Cy Schindell
Benson
Stanley Brown
Harry
James Seay
Jeff Jeffries
Warren Ashe
Johnson, Reporter
Charles C. Wilson
Chief O'Brien
George McKay
Terry Finnegan
Ernie Adams
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Florey
Director
Allen Vincent
Screenplay
Sidney Cutner
Original Music Composer
Wallace MacDonald
Producer
Morris Stoloff
Music Director
Eugene Joseff
Other
Dimitri Tiomkin
Additional Music
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
christy
8.0★ · 03/07/25
Peter Lorre is absolutely incredible unsurprisingly and makes every movie he’s in good. The story is compelling and I really like the commentary on the “American Dream” and etc.
The run time makes sense considering it’s a Columbia B picture but I just wish it was longer. Honestly I think it could’ve been a lot sadder/darker but the run time is too limited for the story. I think if the beginning part before the accident was a little longer that could of helped as well. The movie is still great regardless I’m just fantasizing
Peter Lorre is absolutely incredible unsurprisingly and makes every movie he’s in good. The story is compelling and I really like the commentary on the “American Dream” and etc.
The run time makes sense considering it’s a Columbia B picture but I just wish it was longer. Honestly I think it could’ve been a lot sadder/darker but the run time is too limited for the story. I think if the beginning part before the accident was a little longer that could of helped as well. The movie is still great regardless I’m just fantasizing
Marcus Christensen
7.0★ · 11/29/24
what a fun movie! why did they have to kill the girl and the dog?
what a fun movie! why did they have to kill the girl and the dog?
