Director: Henry Hathaway
Any Awards? none we know of
CAST: Lucille Ball; Clifton Webb; William Bendix; Mark Stevens; Kurt Kreuger; Cathy Downs; Reed Hadley; Constance Collier; Eddie Heywood; Isabel Randolph
Plot outline: Here is a Classic Film Noir that seems to have escaped most of the books on the subject. It tells the tale of hard boiled private eye Bradford Galt (played by Mark Stevens), who relocates to New York City after being framed for a crime he didn't commit. He thus wrongfully served two years in stir on a manslaughter charge. His shyster ex-partner, Tony Jardine (Kurt Kreuger) had been the one who put him in the frame and now Jardine is in NY and he is once again up to his old tricks (blackmailing wealthy women). And Galt soon finds himself set up again -- this time for Jardine's murder. Lucille Ball portrays Galt's adoring secretary, and Clifton Webb plays an unctuous art collector.
sez says: a much more complex plot than many of its ilk. Fun to see Lucy as a femme fatale (of sorts). But not too hard to guess the who-done-it and the why-it was done. Still, this is much better than many better known 'Noiur Classics" and if you are drawn to the genre you are likely to like this one.
mjc says: overdone gum shoe dialogue--still a pretty good mystery, all the right shadows.
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