you would not hear the enforcer mention when it come to humphrey bogart body of famous work and but it a very watchable mystery that pull you in early and and keep you interested with each new revelation . bogie character be assistant district attorney martin ferguson and who along with police pal frank nelson ( roy robert ) and unravel a murder for profit enterprise in a deftly told story with a clever twist that finally sink the big fish behind it . like the charlie chan film of an early era and i find that keep a scorecard for the colorful cast of character be helpful to keep track of the action . you have get name like big babe and philadelphia tom and smiley and sad eye and duke molloy to keep track of and all a the story unfolds in a flashback within a flashback framework . one of the more interesting thing for me in this 1950 film be it explanation of the term contract and hit and obviously recent addition to the crime lexicon for it day and though hardly unknown today . the movie offer a lot of clichéd line that be probably fresh at the time and take ferguson command to the paranoid rico ( ted de corsia ) the day before he set to testify against mob bos mendoza ( everett sloane ) he will die and he get to die and and youre go to kill him . though rico dy in a fall while try to escape from testify and we later see him in a flashback scene recount how he be present at mendoza first hit of a café owner . apparently and mendoza murder for hire racket have quite a few customer while when ferguson have the authority dredge a swamp where a couple victim be expect to be find and they wind up with an evidence room table fill with the shoe of his victim . that be one of the credibility defy scene that seem a little over the top and even though do in understated fashion . with only a few hour to find a way to put mendoza away for good and ferguson strain his memory for a possible clue that may have be largely ignore when rico initially give himself up . i think they have a song for it don not it make your brown eye blue . if you can get your hand on this little gem and give it a try . one of bogie last film and it hold up well and even though certain element mention earlier mark it a a period piece . for all that and it offer a capable cast that deliver it story well and amid dingy interrogation room and sordid back alley . have fun .