gene tierney and dana andrew and who be both so memorable in 1944 laura and re team for this excellent 1950 film noir . an embittered policeman and andrew a mark and can not get over the fact that his father be a hoodlum who die in a police shootout while try to break out of jail . a a result of his bitterness and mark doesn not know when to stop use his hand . it this inability that lead to the accidental death of a small time hood . ( craig stevens ) in try to frame gangster gary merrill and mark unintentionally put the heat on innocent cab drive and tom tully and who be the father of gene tierney and who be separate by stevens . this be a well think out film deal with the conscience of a basically decent human be . the end be not exactly upbeat a mark will have to face the music . at least and he finally admit to what he have do .