simply one of the best hard boil noir film i have see . sterling hayden be and a usual and excellent and while a very young charles bronson be surprisingly good a a punk hood . seem to feature nearly all scene a location and or hand hold camera and it seem at time like a particularly effective episode of a 50s tv cop show except that the content be much more brutal and sharp . this be a dark and dark film both in storyline and in the quite brilliant photography . i would really love to see this neglected classic come out on a restored print on dvd . isn not it time criterion update their noir list . this cry out for restoration and a re release .