225 minutes of 1946 detective chaos and you're gonna love every cliffhanging second of it, coward.
Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot)finds himself on his most exciting case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub.
Practical Effects
Every punch, car chase, and collapsing set was someone's Tuesday in 1946.
Writing
Fifteen chapters of 'how do we get out of THIS one' desperation.
Production
They really said 'let's make a quarter-year movie about one diamond' and meant it.
Director
Derwin Abrahams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Columbia's attempt to cash in on The Shadow's popularity without paying for The Shadow— Chick Carter was technically a Shadow Magazine supporting character they promoted to star.
Lyle Talbot acted in over 300 films but told interviewers he literally could not remember making this one. The serial grind was THAT brutal.
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