Stars: Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott
Best Quote: -For a buck, you'd double-cross your own mother.
-Why not? She'd do the same to me.
The critics weren't kind in 1947, one suggesting the Movie "walk alone - off a cliff". Its a predictable film-noir, whose only interest - today - is the three leads. Douglas is the manipulative, weasel Night-club owner, Burt's the straight-forward ex-con, and Scott is sultry Nightclub singer torn between the two. Sounds familiar right? It's OK, but its high on talk and low on action. And why we're supposed to root for Gangster Lancaster, an unreformed crook, is anyone's guess.
Summary: If you want to see Burt and Kirk talk to each other for 40 minutes - this movie's for you. Otherwise, its a standard Gangster revenge movie. Kirk is painfully thin in this one. Amazing the same guy did Champion.
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