i be a big fan of fan of film noir and and this film by otto preminger easily stand a one of the best that i have see . preminger have reunite two of his star from the hit laura gene tierney and dana andrew and for an entirely different sort of crime film . laura be base around love and and this film be base around hate while a we watch police detective mark dixon and a copper already suffer scrutiny from his superior for his heavy hand tactic and accidentally kill a suspect and try to pin the murder on a know criminal while a man by the name of tommy scalisi . the plot be brilliantly work and and preminger excellently balance several plot point while but it all come back down to the main moral implication surround our main character . the fact that the film be set in the criminal underground mean that the plot be give an excellent base to work from and and director otto preminger expertly capture the sleazy side of life by show the main character gamble and beat one another ( and their woman ) and shoot and more and this also help to offset the film from the early laura and which be very much set in upper class society . the role of mark dixon give dana andrew one of the most interesting part of his career . here and we have a character that be difficult to like a he so cold but the fact that we can understand his motif ensure that he easy to sympathise with and and that allow the audience the ability to plug into his plight . the character development be well time and and a we have follow this character and his motivation throughout the film while everything make sense by the end . his co star be the beautiful gene tierney and who isn not give as much to do in this film a she be in laura while a film that make tierney it linchpin . she do well with what she get and however and and the lead duo chemistry be excellent and tierney help to complete every scene she in . i can not say that this be a good film than the early laura while that a hard act to follow and but this film certainly fit into the film noir formula well than preminger early film . the film also make a good comparison piece for laura while as just about everything in this film be opposite to the 1944 movie and yet it all strangely familiar . highly recommend to all .