A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.
Acting
Zachary Scott's desperate, trembling wreck of a performance
Cinematography
Cheap sets lit like existential dread
Direction
Lerner stretches pennies into genuine noir atmosphere
Director
Joseph Lerner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 10 days on a $50,000 budget at Hal Roach Studios, repurposing sets from other productions.
J. Edward Bromberg was blacklisted shortly after; this was among his last American roles before exile.
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