Desperate (1947)

RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Anthony Mann
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)

Innocent truck driver Steve Brodie gets dragged into heist and subsequent shoot out with the police by a gang led by heavy Raymond Burr. Burr's brother is captured and sent to the electric chair and he wants to get revenge on Brodie at all costs. He pursues Brodie and his young wife from their apartment in the city to a relative's farm in the country. Unable to shake them, Brodie eventually confides in the police who help him lay a trap. One memorable scene has Brodie and Burr in a stare down as a clock ticks to midnight, Burr planning to shoot him at the same time his brother is electrocuted. It doesn't work out as planned.