B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in trouble when he takes a loan from a shady college professor.
Acting
Peter Cookson's sweat-drenched breakdown carries the whole thing.
Direction
Zeisler crams Dostoevsky into 68 minutes like it's a dare.
Director
Alfred Zeisler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of many 1940s noirs hijacking literary classics for quick ticket sales. This one's actually not embarrassing.
Alfred Zeisler fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and spent his Hollywood career making exactly this kind of frantic, efficient programmer.
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