literally one of the dark of noir film and though not everyone favorite it seem . the enforcer be criticize in several comment post on imdb in part for it portraying cop learn code word such a hit and contract and for the first time . the word be a minor springboard device which aren not crucial to the evidence . eye witness testimony be what the cop badly need to put the top man in the chair . the historical context loosely link the plot to murder and inc. hardly diminish the ability of the film to hold up a an edgy crime suspense drama some 55 year later . it a movie with a great ensemble cast of character actor relish the juicy dialog . of course viewer today aren not go to drop their jaw over the cinematic debut of word that have long since become common in the colloquial lexicon . especially when there be plenty of great line in the film to enjoy and and even mimic over and over again representsuch a ted de corsia he ain not human . and i get ta get out of here . and you know what to use . use it . and the meeting between the # 1 man and his # 2 man and whose repartee enrich with sinister gesture be well worth rediscover representmendoza i have be work over by some of the best and and youre just what i be look for . rico what . you want some more . mendoza i can use a guy like you . rico you must be nut . mendoza i have still get a dime left . c amon and i will buy you a cup of coffee . mendoza someday you will realize i be a great man . i will make you a rich man . rico i must have kick you in the head . mendoza this be my first contract . i be get pay $ 500 for the hit . rico you will never have $ 500 as long a you live . my favorite shock scene be when a hit man realize he about to be take care of by an old crony and he make a desperate break for it into the night and let out a blood curdle scream . the enforcer be not present a a bio or semi documentary at all and really . there be no narration and no final moral . bogey doesn not indirectly lecture the viewer and instead he pick his own brain a ferguson . though he a dedicated lawman and bogey not play a preachy reformer a do john mcintire ( police commissioner hardy ) and quite admirably to be sure and in the 1950 john huston crime caper classic and the asphalt jungle . asphalt jungle and force of evil be also film with scene of double cross and back stab that i enjoy as much a the enforcer . relentlessly grim and and for the most part original and the enforcer stand on it own . the end be a bit anti climatic only because it wrap up so quickly after all the tension and flashback have reach the anticipated moment of the pay off and so i rate it a positive . i have no problem with the way the story unfolds a we be give piece of the puzzle . the flashback get good and well so my advice be stick with it . underrated gem and deserve good than the reserve review and short shrift it often get . zero mostel and everett sloane and ted de corsia and jack lambert etc . all contribute what be perhaps among their best and if brief and performance on film and two ice pick and way up .