dana andrew be one of those actor that i have probably see in a dozen film and but who have never really register for me . often stolid and taciturn and play the same kind of role and look somewhat like the similarly underrated glenn ford and he an actor that take some effort to really appreciate while but once you hit the right film . and this be it . preminger moody look at new york underbelly be a dirty and seedy a just about any 50 noir and and andrew be in his element a too tough cop mark dixon who just doesn not know how to play the game to get ahead represent he hat criminal too much to always play by the rule . early on in the film and he accidentally kill the witness to a murder involve an illegal crap game set up by a mobster who dixon hate for personal reason and and he spend the rest of the film try to cover up his involvement and bring the mobster to his kind of justice . along the way he get involve with the estranged wife of the man he kill ( gene tierney ) and also have to try to get her father off the hook for the murder . stunningly photograph by joseph lashelle and with hard and sparkle dialogue by ben hecht and a truly powerful end with element of tragedy and find grace in just a minute or two of time and this be another noir for the age and might be my favorite preminger film thus far it every bit as good a the more heralded laura .