A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.
Direction
Reinhardt squeezes every drop of tension from one trapped location.
Writing
Flashback structure that actually earns its reveals.
Acting
Lee Tracy's cynical editor—world-weary perfection in 72 minutes.
Director
John Reinhardt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in six days on a shoestring Monogram budget, yet cinematographer Virgil Miller's tide footage remains genuinely terrifying.
Lee Tracy's fall from 1930s leading man to Poverty Row noir icon mirrors his character's own professional disgrace—Hollywood eating its own.
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