This Warner Brothers double feature under card has some good points. A poor script totally undermines some good acting and decent directing. Virginia Mayo and Dorothy Malone are fine in the lead female roles. Zachery Scott is okay in the male lead.
The plot is often lost and more than a little confusing at points. The cops look stupid throughout the movie. It is one of these where the lead (Scott) is innocent and too nice a guy to be guilty. Mayo is given a moll role and Malone a romance role to balance the moll.
I note the Director here, Richard L Bare, because he became a really good sit-com director later when he did Green Acres on CBS. There are scenes here where he sets up a great film noir atmosphere, but they are too few and far between to save this one.
Fans of the cast members get many treats here. As a whole, the film is not a classic.
The plot is often lost and more than a little confusing at points. The cops look stupid throughout the movie. It is one of these where the lead (Scott) is innocent and too nice a guy to be guilty. Mayo is given a moll role and Malone a romance role to balance the moll.
I note the Director here, Richard L Bare, because he became a really good sit-com director later when he did Green Acres on CBS. There are scenes here where he sets up a great film noir atmosphere, but they are too few and far between to save this one.
Fans of the cast members get many treats here. As a whole, the film is not a classic.