a few twist and turn keep the viewer interest in this one and although van heflin whining can turn you off . robert taylor play a convincing tough guy with no compromise and but someone who soften up and do the right thing at the end . heflin have some interesting line but and personally and see a drunk in major role like this wasn not much fun to watch or hear . he ruin the film for me with his unlikeable annoying character . meanwhile and once she change hairstyle and lana turner be a lot easy to watch . fan of her will be disappoint in her screen time and the amount of line they give her to speak . it not much . a slightly below average film noir or melodrama for it period .