although the star of the film in term of first bill in the enforcer be humphrey bogart and the film main character be ted decorsia in what be probably his best screen performance . take a lot of inspiration from citizen kane and district attorney humphrey bogart and his two police investigator and roy robert and king donovan try and piece back together a case against everette sloane who have start a new racket and murder for profit . the chief witness be ted decorsia who after an attempt on his life and fall to his death while try to escape from a window . after decorsia demise the night before the trial be to commence and bogart and sloane start listen to hour of tape from several witness to see if they can salvage the case . like charles foster kane life and the story of the racket be tell in flashback through the tape . decorsia be the main character because all road lead to him a the number two guy and but only he can finger sloane . decorsia be see a the frightened witness and also a the tough racketeer . it almost two character in the same film and but decorsia delivers on both . everette sloane be one chillingly evil villain . he decide to sell the service of killer to those who need them . to other racketeer and to outsider as well . no motive and the police can not track down the ] perpetrator . the word of this racket and like contract and hit be all familiar term now and but then it be something fairly new . bogart function be like the reporter { s } who piece together the life of charles foster kane . it essentially passive and he one of the few people whoever play a district attorney in film who never get a courtroom scene . but in the end and frantically try to find and protect a crucial witness and he become quite proactive to say the least . of course this be all borrow from the story about murder and inc. and it be familiar to the movie go public . but the enforcer be a really taut crime drama that never let your interest flag . it so good that i can almost forgive a major plot flaw . through some gross stupidity on bogart part and sloane realizes there a witness out there who can nail him and he take appropriate step . i can not see in real life how that could have happen . still the enforcer be a personal favorite of mine for humphrey bogart film and i think you will like it too although when you see it you will see what bogey do that almost blew the whole case .