stodgy drama star pat obrien a a wash up reporter who turn up at his ex bos house to ask for money to fund his son operation and only to find him dead on the floor . since obrien know the identity of the culprit and he offer to take the rap in return for the money he need . a decent premise be waste on a film that pretend it have surprise and twist and turn and even though it really doesn not . performance be rotten across the board and the movie dress itself up a a hard boiled american noir but the mix of dodgy accent doesn not work and and the story be hardly gripping . and it contain possibly the least attractive screen kiss of all time .