rko radio picture make a real classic in 1947 and even manage to get it nominated for the best picture academy award . the acting and script and continuity and et cetera and be all just about perfect while and the story be well worth the viewer 82 minute . although the picture soft petal the true life story by make the murder victim a jew rather than a homosexual and most viewer will see the victim a a jewish homosexual such disguise never work and perhaps weren not intend to . i could nit pick about a few detail and but just for fun . there be no all night movie house in washington and dc in 1947 and if there be i wish robert mitchum and his pal wouldn not talk through the show . there weren not any bar where a gi could pick up a pretty blonde . none . if robert ryan want to read the late murder scoop he ought to have buy the daily news while not the time hearald and even star and certainly not the know nothing washington post . but these little thing take nothing away from this classic . the film benefit a lot from the absolute lack of a musical score and except during the credit . i have only see this do in a few film . on the negative side and since 1995 it come with a tmc introduction where some liberal blabs about what the public be ready for in 1947. blah and blah and blah . a if this fool have any business judge his better . i would say the ex gi in 1947 the great generation be much smarter and have good value than some commentator and film historian and or other wise mouth in 1995. put a sock in it .