An assistant bank manager (Joseph Cotten) is tired of the suburban treadmill. So he concocts a plan to rob the bank during working hours on a Friday and be safely in Brazil (which has no extradition agreement with the U.S.) by the time the missing money is discovered on Monday morning. Directed by Andrew L. Stone (THE LAST VOYAGE). This contrived thriller throws every possible impediment in the way of the protagonist's attempt to flee the country with a million dollars in his suitcase. You would think this would up the ante in tension and suspense but it has the opposite effect (at least on me), it irritated me! Once Cotten robs the bank, he may as well have "GUILTY" tattooed on his forehead he's so nervous and jumpy! This being the moralistic 1952, it could only end in one of two ways: he'll get caught or have a change of conscience and return the money. Cotten is reunited with his SHADOW OF A DOUBT co-star Teresa Wright, who plays his wife. With William Hudson, Katherine Warren and Jonathan Hale.
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