another enjoyable warner flick . i really liked john garfield in this and though i be wonder why cagney wasn not in the role . perhaps it be too similar to angels with dirty face . i mean and it another dead end kid story of sort too and but i really appreciate them here and this film have a lot of nice comical touch along with some good serious drama . the boys work great with garfield . a nice sequence be the whole swimming scene which start out with no care but wind up come too close to disaster . one negative comment represent claude rain be grossly miscast . a the detective and the fine actor seem a out of place here a a nun in a whorehouse .