The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.
Cinematography
Italian locations give B-picture unexpected postcard beauty.
Acting
Märta Torén elevates thin material with wounded glamour.
Director
Robert Siodmak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Luciano was deported in 1946 and immediately took over Naples' black market; this film soft-pedals his actual war profiteering.
Siodmak made this between The File on Thelma Jordon and The Crimson Pirate — a paycheck gig that still shows his shadow-drenched instincts.
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