humphrey bogart play a district attorney who work closely with police detective in the hope of solve a series of violent murder . a the film progress we learn that the murder be commit by a ring of assassin under the command of a devilish gang leader call mendoza . direct by bretaigne windust and the film be tell largely through flashback . unfortunately windust direction be flat and uninspired and the film only come alive during 3 action sequence and two of which be ghost direct by raoul walsh . positive decade of television cop show and police procedurals have dilute any impact the enforcer might have once have . bogart turn in a solid performance and but the rest of the film be simply lacklustre . the film finale be handle well though and and a basement gangland meeting be suitably ominous . note represent the film be often class a a film noir . it be not .