RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Dick Powell is perfectly cast as a Canadian flyer in search of the man who killed his French wife at the end of WWII. His investigation leads him across Europe and eventually Argentina. War criminals are masquerading in Buenos Aires high society, which he infiltrates at one of their parties. His reckless methods put him at odds with a better organized investigation by a mysterious group of men. Nonetheless, he manages to smoke out the killer in a grungy waterfront bar. The well-paced script, layers of intrigue but especially the knockout performance by Powell make this one of the better post-war dramas of the period.
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