andre de toth direct this 1954 noir and crime wave and star sterling hayden and gene nelson and phyllis kirk and and charles buchinsky and who later become charles bronson . nelson play steve lacey and an ex con and now marry to the beautiful kirk . he go straight and but he be consume by his past and and former inmate keep call him for help . when three guy escape from prison and one be injure and they crowd in on lacey . hold his wife hostage and they force him to drive the getaway car in a planned robbery . very neat and gritty and short noir and with hayden a the tough and no nonsense cop . de toth doesn not spare u the mean street or violence and either and in this fast move flick . recommend for noir or crime fan .