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1 March 1950 (USA)
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Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity. full summary | add synopsis
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A slightly better than average "time passer"
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(Complete credited cast) | Fred MacMurray | ... | Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin |
 | Claire Trevor | ... | Madeleine Haley |
 | Raymond Burr | ... | Pete Ritchie |
| José Torvay | ... | Miguel (as Jose Torvay) |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | Bill Whittaker |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Harvey Gumbin |
| Don Diamond | ... | Deusik |
| Nacho Galindo | ... | Porfirio |
| Pepe Hern | ... | Pablo |
| Grazia Narciso | ... | Porfirio's Wife |
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88 min
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All dames will stay in line as long as the payoff is big enough at the end.
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This is a perfectly adequate movie with perfectly adequate performances and while there's nothing bad about this film, there certainly isn't anything that good that stands out either. This film sort of like a "Film Noir-LITE", in that it has some of the outward signs of a Noir film (such as gangsters, villains and violence) but is far from a good example of the genre (mediocre camera-work and rather listless dialog compared to "true" Noir). And, despite starring Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor, I really had to struggle to keep watching the film because nothing peaked my interest. Plus, even though the film co-starred Raymond Burr (one of the greatest Noir actors of all-time--especially in RAW DEAL), he wasn't given that much screen time (his removal from the plot was way too easy and anti-climactic) and his usual sadism was absent. In many ways, I consider this film to be like eating meatloaf--it's pretty ordinary, inoffensive and nothing to get excited over. Gimme a "steak" anytime over meatloaf!