Directed by Robert Rossen
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Noir-ish mystery revolving around gambling den owner Dick Powell, his partner Thomas Gomez and several women. Powell's patented happy-go-lucky persona and deadpan delivery serve him well as he dazzles the ladies while looking over his gambling empire. When a hat-check girl, and former lover, turns up dead, intrepid police detective Lee J. Cobb suspects it's an inside job. Powell falls in love with the murdered girl's sister, in a rather insipid romance that takes up too much of the running time. Clues are dropped throughout the film: watches, a coin, a key; making the identity of the mystery killer rather obvious. The denouement and reveal are anticlimactic, but Powell's dialogue is priceless.
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