An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
Acting
Charles McGraw's jawline does the heavy lifting.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched LA locations, cheap and perfect.
Writing
Dialogue so hardboiled it crackles.
Director
Harold Daniels
Charles McGraw
Joe Peters
Joan Dixon
Diane Morley
Lowell Gilmore
Kendall Webb
Louis Jean Heydt
Harry Miller
Milburn Stone
Ray Egan
Joseph Crehan
Thompson (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Bank Heist Man (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Saunders (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Policeman at Brissard's (uncredited)
David McMahon
Police Radio Operator (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Police Captain (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Club Patron (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 10 days for RKO's B-unit. The train robbery uses real moving locomotives, no rear projection—rare for cheap noir.
Joan Dixon's Diane embodies postwar anxiety about female economic independence—she's the villain, but the film barely hides its fascination.
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