Directed by Robert Parrish
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Dick Powell rolls into LA, recently released from prison for a crime he didn't commit. He befriends the soldier who provided him with an alibi, albeit a false one, and who wants a piece of the large pile of cash still hidden somewhere from the crime. Powell looks up William Conrad, the man he believes framed him and still has the money. They have a series of tense confrontations and double crosses. Rhonda Fleming is the wife of his friend still in jail, and they have a slow burning attraction that Powell is having a difficult time resisting. It all takes place in a run down trailer park in old LA. It starts off slowly, but gets better in the second half, including a wallop of a plot twist.
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