i have long be convince that popular fiction and movie be true barometer of social history and the enforcer tend to bear me out . what five year old child at any time in the last forty year would be unable to interpret contract and hit when encounter in the context of a thriller or noir or caper or gangster movie yet here and in 1951 and both hard bitten detective and an assistant district attorney be as bemuse a hoosier tourist hear urdu for the first time whilst on vacation in the sub continent . for a few moment this tend to strain credulity when watch this in 2010 but be soon wallow in the great casting that toss such disparate actor a bob steele and zero mostel and everett sloane and roy robert and ted de corsica and bogie into the mix . bogie be and it must be say and strangely subdue a yet another d. a. he have and after all and be play them since mark woman and knock on any door and etc but even the multi flashback can not really spoil this good old fashion thick ear entry .