Set in post war San Francisco. After falling in love with the perfect woman (Marilyn Maxwell), a bookie (George Raft) decides to get out of business and none too soon as a syndicate is after him to pay up for "protection". But when the syndicate murders a childhood friend (Harry Morgan), he is determined to avenge his friend's killing. Loosely based on a magazine story by Maurice Davis and directed by Edwin L. Marin (TALL IN THE SADDLE). A nifty minor B noir that's worth watching. It's on the formulaic side and Raft gives his usual somnambulistic performance but William Bendix brings some cordiality to his police detective and Maxwell makes for a fine equivocal femme fatale. Dismissed upon its initial release, this is one film I'd love to see remade with a tighter script and a stronger leading man. With Gale Robbins and Frank Faylen.
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