i saw this movie a a child and and have a chance to see it recently after more year than i want to admit . i know why it have stick with me for so many year . this be powerful stuff and even by today standard . crime and punishment and yellow journalism and it be all address in this finely act and fast paced drama . bridge ( like you have never see him before . ) turn in an acting tour de force a the ego maniac and demented hoodlum that kill without reason . lovejoy be the husband and father catch up in a bad period of economics and carlson the reporter that must learn that the power of the word be often a swift and deadly a that of the sword . this be high drama and do in the classic 50 film noir tradition and it be must view for anyone that enjoy in cold blood ( 1967 ) and movie of that genre .