Charles McGraw plays insurance investigator Joe Peters who, in the opening minutes of the film, recovers 100K in stolen loot in a very novel way, showing his talent and zest for the job. Later he meets gold digger Diane (Joan Dixon) who makes it clear to him that she is not interested in living on a budget, but they start dating anyways.
Joe really wants to marry Diane, so he gives in to temptation and goes in on a big heist worth 1.2 million dollars with a well organized gangster using privileged information that Joe has about a federal reserve/bank fund transfer. Meanwhile, Diane decides that she loves Joe and doesn't care about his middling salary after all.... Information he could have used YESTERDAY. But the gangster in which Joe confided now knows the layout and he won't stop the heist, whether Joe wants to stay in for his cut or not.
This is a fairly entertaining film, with the pace being snappy and interesting, but the believability factor is just not there. Joe goes from honest working man to a thief who is willing to kill in order to cover up his crime just like that. The same goes for Diane's immediate transformation from gold digger to ideal 50s housewife material.
If Joan Dixon looks somewhat like Faith Domergue, there is a reason for that. She was one of many of Howard Hughes' actress/girlfriends on the RKO lot during Hughes' time as head of RKO, although she acquits herself marvelously here.
Joe really wants to marry Diane, so he gives in to temptation and goes in on a big heist worth 1.2 million dollars with a well organized gangster using privileged information that Joe has about a federal reserve/bank fund transfer. Meanwhile, Diane decides that she loves Joe and doesn't care about his middling salary after all.... Information he could have used YESTERDAY. But the gangster in which Joe confided now knows the layout and he won't stop the heist, whether Joe wants to stay in for his cut or not.
This is a fairly entertaining film, with the pace being snappy and interesting, but the believability factor is just not there. Joe goes from honest working man to a thief who is willing to kill in order to cover up his crime just like that. The same goes for Diane's immediate transformation from gold digger to ideal 50s housewife material.
If Joan Dixon looks somewhat like Faith Domergue, there is a reason for that. She was one of many of Howard Hughes' actress/girlfriends on the RKO lot during Hughes' time as head of RKO, although she acquits herself marvelously here.