Complete credited cast: | |||
Robert Cummings | ... | Chuck Scott | |
Michèle Morgan | ... | Lorna Roman (as Michele Morgan) | |
Steve Cochran | ... | Eddie Roman | |
Lloyd Corrigan | ... | Emmerrich Johnson | |
Jack Holt | ... | Cmdr. Davidson | |
Don Wilson | ... | Fats | |
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Alexis Minotis | ... | Lt. Acosta |
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Nina Koshetz | ... | Madame Chin (as Nina Koschetz) |
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Yolanda Lacca | ... | Midnight |
James Westerfield | ... | Job the Butler | |
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Jimmy Ames | ... | The Killer |
Shirley O'Hara | ... | Manicurist | |
Peter Lorre | ... | Gino |
Returning a lost wallet gains unemployed veteran Chuck Scott a job as chauffeur to Eddie Roman, a seeming gangster whose enemies have a way of meeting violent ends. The job proves nerve-wracking, and soon Chuck finds himself pledged to help Eddie's lovely, fearful, prisoner-wife Lorna to escape. The result leaves Chuck caught like a rat in a trap, vainly seeking a way out through dark streets. But the real chase begins when the strange plot virtually starts all over again... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
The Plot.
Returning a lost wallet gains unemployed veteran Chuck Scott a job as chauffeur to Eddie Roman, a seeming gangster whose enemies have a way of meeting violent ends.
The job proves nerve-wracking, and soon Chuck finds himself pledged to help Eddie's lovely, fearful, prisoner-wife Lorna to escape.
The result leaves Chuck caught like a rat in a trap, vainly seeking a way out through dark streets.
But the real chase begins when the strange plot virtually starts all over again.
This seems to be a very intriguing film however my experience was marred by a really bad print that rendered the sound all garbled in spots.
Even so, i got into the plot.
Not sure why Peter Lorre is billed down the pike when he's pretty important to the film.
In all, it's a pretty good semi-film noir.