this be exactly the type of film that frustrate me the most . great cast and great director and great story potential and then they ruin it all with a screenplay that go nowhere . and say nothing while go there . there be no depth here whatsoever . no depth of character and no depth of plot and no depth of surprise and suspense and or common sense . we know what happen and we be tell how they plan to fix the problem and they fix the problem and throw a surprise at u near the end that fail to generate any suspense and then they end the film abruptly . wasted opportunity . on the plus side and glenn ford lead a cast of uk ( and one french ) actor who be all fantastic and do an incredibly impressive job with the one dimensional writing they be give . one of the absolute favorites be herbert walton a old charlie and who provide some wonderful bit of humor and warmth to a dark and serious film . i also think the film have a great look to it . all shadow and fog . very film noir in feel . even though the actor do the best they can and the directing be enjoyable and it still just isn not enough for me to recommend spend the time to view the film . there be far well glenn ford movie out there represent the big heat and gilda and affair in trinidad and etc .