

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
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.