what i like best about this flick be the chance to see joan woodbury and who awe strike me a one of the several beauty in the charles boyer classic algiers and in a leading role . she do well a rita and an orphan who rise to make good a a lady crime bos . her ascent to the top remind me of joan crawford character and e. g. mildred pierce and who realize their ambition by fierce determination and willpower . if youre look for a film noir classic and good look elsewhere . at several point and it difficult to know where this story be go . i first get the impression that it be go to encompass rita plot for revenge against the father and son who trick her into take the rap for a drunk driving death perpetrate by the playboy son . but payback time end up be only a minor point and and a springboard to the somewhat confusing second part of the film and where rita become increasingly involve in city corruption . anyway and it only 72 minute and so a second viewing should clear up any haziness . my copy be from a platinum box set call mobster movie . the picture quality be good and but the soundtrack suck and constantly skip fragment of dialog . there be eight film in the $ 5 . 50 box and make each movie a fair 69 cent . look for anne archer father and john archer and a rita childhood friend bob . alan ladd doesn not get much screen time . it definitely joan woodbury picture .