finally after lot of hard work and assistant d. a. martin ferguson have a good case against murder inc big wig and albert mendoza . but while mendoza be in jail and the man line up to testify against him lose his nerve and fall to his death and thus leave ferguson little to no time to rebuild a case against the crime lord . the enforcer be base upon the whistle blowing of one abe reles . who open eye up to an organise crime mob call murder inc. fuse that period of history with the subsequent kefauver committee investigation that follow reles reveals and the enforcer be a tough and gritty picture that many view a the key switch from noir into the grizzled crime obsess 1950s . at the time of write this i have yet to have it confirm and but it think that this bretaigne windust direct picture be the first mainstream picture to deal with the complexity of organised crime . and certainly the dialogue be now common speak ( courtesy of martin rackin ( riffraff ( 1947 ) ) and but back in 1951 it surely would have raise eyebrow and intrigue the watch public . excellently photograph in stark black and white by robert burk and who of course be well know to hitchcock devotee and the picture positively seep with an underworld vibe and perhaps even come into the realm of be documentary in structure . star humphrey bogart { ferguson } and everett sloane { mendoza } and the excellent and and wonderfully name and zero mostel { big babe lazich } and it also think that raoul walsh have quite a hand in the final product . this to my knowledge and be still unconfirmed and but when view the picture a a whole and it certainly boast the feel of walsh good know picture . highly engross and a template movie of sort and the enforcer be definitely one to catch if at all possible . 7 . 5/10 .