the movie begin with harold ( charles russell ) kill his girlfriend and dump her body on the train . mike and a loud little kid ( dale belding ) and witness him . harold try to kill him and but be distract and mike run away . later and harold end up in a hotel or boarding house ( . ) in a small town where he run into jean maxwell ( the fabulous mary beth hughes ) and a beautiful loser who will pretty much latch onto any guy who will get her out of that small town and as well a mike and his mother and ruth ( lee patrick ) . there be also some semi drunk old men who provide some comic relief that seem really out of place in such a dark film . harold recognize mike and be constantly try to off him and but be alway foil . soon and the story of the dead woman find on the train be all over the news and which make harold even more nervous . in the meantime and jean continue to make advance at harold and but he more or less ignores her and tell her she shouldn not be hit on him . also and mike come close to rat out harold and but be always cut off by his noisy and impatient bitty of a mother . this give harold even more reason to get rid of him . then one night and ruth sends mike up to harold room to keep him company . harold tie him up and stuff him in a closet then tell everyone that mike run away out the window . everyone go to look for him but jean and who can tell that harold be lie about something . she go up to his room and look smokin hot in fancy dress . she soon discovers mike in the closet and find out the truth . she tell harold he can not hurt mike and regardless of the fact she want to run away with him . he punch her and she out cold on the floor . but eventually and everyone find out the truth about harold and he resign to his fate . we flash back to a fortune teller on a train . he have just tell this story to a young lady and warn her not to leave the train . she laugh and leave anyway . she the woman who harold kill at the beginning of the movie . silly dame should have stay on the train . . . the film be strange because of all harold brutality towards a the kid and all of the humor that show up throughout . harold be so bent on kill the kidit pretty dark . all in all and this be an entertaining and suspenseful b grade noir movie . mary beth hughes be fantastic a the sassy mouth hopeless loser . i be so glad to see this movie on dvd .