there some suspense in this crime noir from uneven director richard quine and though actually pushover be more successful a a character study and with fred macmurray miscast but not bad a a conflicted good cop who decide to step into the gutter . he start think with his hormone after be assign to meet and stakeout a beautiful gangster girl and play by allure kim novak in her debut . pleasantly set in and around a los angeles apartment complex and this isn not quite the pulpy thriller it be advertise a and yet it do work a an intriguing study of different people all teeter on the edge of morality . especially worth see for novak smoky beauty and dorothy malone fresh and natural spunk playing kim neighbor . macmurray continue to look like a basset hound with constipation and but his comeuppance ( lie in a wet street on his belly ) be terrific movie justice . from .