this have to be one of the corny noirs to hit the screen . for the most part it be incomprehensible with the plot careen one way and then the other . the character all speak in a monotone advance whatever be discernible about the plot by announce their motif and plan . the dialog be make of one cliché after another suitably punctuate for effect such a when walter ( luana walter that be and here credit a susan ) announce to her husband dixie logan even if you be frame i know now that youre rotten ( emphasis on rot ) . every character have his or her own agenda and proceeds to implement it with gusto without a care for their safety . allegiance be form and dissolve at lighten speed nobody seem to be aware of the concept of loyalty . without the score the viewer would be even more confused . at least it announce when something of interest be about to happen . if all this make shoot to kill seem like a turkey you wouldn not be far off the mark . it so corny it actually kind of funny and in a desperate sort of way . after a while you begin to wander what else theyre go to throw in the mix . but it have it good point . there a neat fistfight on a staircase and supposedly down two flight of stair although i suspect it be film on the same one flight with the protagonist start over at the top . along with the fist so do the railing and i begin to wonder whether it wouldn not collapse . on their budget they would have to keep the footage . punch and slap be throw that seem to connect and especially the one on walter toward the end . she disappear off camera fall down only to bounce back up unperturbed to deliver her memorable line quote in the previous paragraph . the real revelation be pianist gene rodgers who appear 9 represent30 into the movie . previously unknown to me and he be magic and a god of boogie jazz . he play two of his own composition and ballad of the bayou and rajah blue and both unaccompanied piece . a little research reveal that he be base in la at the time the movie be shoot and return to ny where he live and work the rest of his life . he die in 87. if for no other reason see this film for rodgers .