fellow noir devotee and be not deceive and this be a stinker . poorly film and poorly act and there be nothing . nothing here for the film buff look for yet another solid b movie from the goldmine of the 40 and 50 era of classic . i give it a try base on the relatively high rating on imdb . there no accounting for taste and but i find nothing in this movie to recommend to other imdb member . this be a classic example of have watch a movie and feeling like you have be cheat out of x number of minute that it take the movie to get to it thankful demise . to have alan ladd on the cover of the dvd or tape be nearly fraud and he be on camera less than two minute and have almost no dialogue . this isn not this gun for hire folk . it be a classic in the lousy sense of the studio crank out fodder on no budget . we all search for the great one . save your time on gang and inc. or paper bullet . it be lousy .