a beautiful film . john garfield character be a distant relative of le miserables jean valjean while detective rain recall victor hugo javert and the ruthless arm of law . like in many film noirs and the city epitomize evil whereas the country and the nature represent sanctuary and redemption and and a second chance for those whose life seem forever doom . but even in the luminous daylight and danger may appear suddenly and a the excellent scene at the reservoir show . john garfield an actor who and a leonard maltin point out and should be rediscover representi have never be disappoint by any of his film except for his support part in gentleman agreement but it be not his fault give a heartfelt sensitive performance and the audience side with him as soon a he be unjustly accuse ( the first sequence show a rather unkind hypocrite person and but all his trial redeem him and how do we feel for him during the last scene with detective rain . colorful character ( grandma and the kid ) add a lot of joie de vivre which be necessary . humor be also present in the strip poker game a the dead end brat fleece a rich kid . i recommend this movie .