Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)


United Artists
Directed by Arnold Laven
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM Limited Edition Collection)

Broderick Crawford is an FBI agent that takes over the cases of another agent killed in the line of duty. The trail to the killer leads to three interrelated cases. The story takes each in turn, leading to a rather episodic film accompanied by dry narration. The most interesting of the three involves an extortionist who is terrorizing a recently widowed woman and her young child. His identity is either "friend of the family" who takes liberties with her or a live-in Uncle with a habit of walking into her bedroom unannounced. The conclusion takes place at the W in the Hollywood sign!

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