Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.
Acting
Allison Hayes smolders while everyone else schemes.
Cinematography
Seventy minutes of textbook noir lighting, no fat.
Director
R.G. Springsteen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Allison Hayes later starred in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman—her noir heroines were always preparing for bigger things.
R.G. Springsteen directed forty-plus B-westerns and noirs; this efficient 70-minute runtime was Republic Pictures' house style—cheap, fast, profitable.
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