Storyline

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?—Rod Crawford

Plot Keywords

water cooler, new york city, newsboy, nurse, police officer, poverty, prisoner, tenement, male female relationship, usa, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, lock pick, jail break, mounted police, italian, investigator, based on novel, 1930s

Short Review

The beauty of Siodmak's film is how it objectively observes how a man acts with the spectre of death on his shoulder.

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