Storyline

In New York, piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) laments when his singer girlfriend, Sue Harvey (Claudia Drake), leaves for Hollywood, Calif. When Al gets some money, he decides to hitchhike to California to join Sue. In Arizona, Al accepts a ride with Charles Haskell (Edmund MacDonald), but during a storm in a freak accident, Haskell is killed. Frightened, Al assumes Haskell's identity and car, but soon comes upon the mysterious Vera (Ann Savage), who seems to know all about his true identity.

Plot Keywords

blackmail, singer, based on novel, drifter, femme fatale, hitchhiker, hitchhiking, telephone, b movie, impersonation, telephone booth, man in a shower, female hitchhiker, upright piano, female singer, night club, voice over inner thoughts, driving at night, drive in restaurant, hollywood california

Short Review

How fate can play tricks on a man is satisfactorily demonstrated in a melodrama with enough bite to command the attention closely throughout.

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