Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.
Acting
Mitchum and Greer's chemistry sizzles—her side-eye could kill a man.
Direction
Siegel's debut feature proves economy breeds creativity.
Director
Don Siegel
Robert Mitchum
Lt. Duke Halliday
Jane Greer
Joan 'Chiquita' Graham
William Bendix
Capt. Vincent Blake
Patric Knowles
Jim Fiske
Ramon Novarro
Inspector General Ortega
Don Alvarado
Lt. Ruiz
John Qualen
Julius Seton
Pascual García Peña
Manuel
Frank Hagney
Madden (uncredited)
Arturo Soto Rangel
Pedro (uncredited)
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Dockhand (uncredited)
Virginia Farmer
American Tourist (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
Pastry Vendor (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Purser (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
RKO rushed this into production to capitalize on Mitchum's 1948 marijuana arrest, leaning into his 'dangerous' image. The tagline wrote itself.
Siegel later called this his film school—he had 10 days to shoot and learned that constraints force invention. The frantic energy is partly real.
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