An ex-con is inspired to go undercover and "finger" the mob after finding out his sister is hooked on illegal drugs.
Acting
Frank Lovejoy's weary everyman sells the absurd premise.
Direction
Schuster stretches a shoestring budget into genuine tension.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched alleys that scream poverty row poetry.
Director
Harold D. Schuster
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Timothy Carey, playing henchman Lou Terpe, would become a cult legend in Kubrick's 'Paths of Glory' two years later—spot the same unhinged energy here.
Released during the Kefauver Committee hearings, this rode the wave of anti-mob hysteria that made 'crime doesn't pay' pictures briefly profitable again.
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