a quick pace and entertain noir set in vienna just after w. w. 11. donald buka be a refugee who can not find legal work because he do not have any paper . no paper mean no work permit and which mean no way to get a passport . he survive by drive a friend cab at night . if he get catch it mean three month in jail . one night he pick up a fare at a big hotel and drive the man to an airline office . buka take the man luggage in and return to the car . there he find his customer have acquire an unneeded hole in the back of his head . what to do . call the police . without a work permit they will put the grab on him real quick . no and he need time to think this out . he drive to a seclude spot and empty the man pocket and hide the body . he now have an american passport and plenty of cash . he drop by an underworld contact to have the passport photo change . now he just need to go to the man hotel and collect the man plane ticket . his ticket to freedom . needless to say that would be too simple . wait at the hotel be the dead man mistress and joan camden . camden be on the run from her rather nasty husband and francis lederer and lederer be of course the swine who have bump off the man in buka cab . camden call the police since she believe buka have rob her lover . buka show his new passport and manage to talk his way out of the mess . camden break down when hubby lederer show up at the police station . lederer convince the police camden have suffer a mental breakdown and she be release to him . she escape again and find buka and and the two decide to flee the country together . lederer again put in an appearance and buka must decide if help camden be worth his freedom . this film be much good than i be make it sound . buka be best know a the low life cop killer in 1950 between midnight and dawn . the film be produce by actor turhan bey .