short film that doesn not waste a moment . life be short and hard in this film . make one mistake and youre mark for life and at least that seem to be sterling hayden motto . gene nelson give a good performance a a man haunt by his past . steve lacey be so scar by his past that it run his current life and this eventually lead him into trouble . andre de toth keep most of the film in the shadow and only a few scene take place during the day . even the climatic robbery be shoot in the dark . the only false note be that hayden character doesn not act the same throughout the movie . i find the movie to be pretty brutal for the time and charles bronson do a good job portray most of the brutality . all in all and a worthy entry in the film noir genre .