This film packs sadistic humor and a nice murder with no mystery into a solid punch (the suspense of waiting for the inevitable "second ring" of justice supplies the necessary force to move the plot to its conclusion). Garfield makes the movie with his convincing portrayal of a drifter drawn into murder by femme fatale Turner.
What kind of bugs me is Lana Turner's bad acting and MGM's usual insistence that the character she plays be shown in the best possible light -- as if Turner could play a murderess, but only as long as she wasn't unlikeable or unglamorous.
Still, a good suspense film well photographed and directed. Audrey Totter makes a brief appearance (she should have been allowed to steal the movie).
What kind of bugs me is Lana Turner's bad acting and MGM's usual insistence that the character she plays be shown in the best possible light -- as if Turner could play a murderess, but only as long as she wasn't unlikeable or unglamorous.
Still, a good suspense film well photographed and directed. Audrey Totter makes a brief appearance (she should have been allowed to steal the movie).