Frank Johnson is out giving his dog a late night walk when he sees a gangland murder. Realising he is the only witness he decides he has a better chance going into hiding. Meanwhile the cops get his estranged wife involved – this is Ann Sheridan – who is brilliant. She is not sure if her husband is running from the mob or from their failed marriage.
Then Dan Legget (Dennis O' Keefe) arrives on the scene as a newspaper man with an inquiring mind, a way with words and the cash to help them get out of San Francisco. However, both the cops and the mob are onto him and in the game of cat and mouse that ensues he has to be one step ahead of everyone.
Now to say this is well made is a huge understatement, the dialogue is razor sharp with perfect timing and lines delivered the way they just don't do them anymore, Beautifully framed in black and white and with a story that is part crime, part chase and part romance, this sort of has something for everyone. The acting is all excellent and I loved the time period too with cars as big as small whales and everything that went in the fifties. This is a film for fans of golden Hollywood, fans of noir and fans of a ruddy great film making.
Then Dan Legget (Dennis O' Keefe) arrives on the scene as a newspaper man with an inquiring mind, a way with words and the cash to help them get out of San Francisco. However, both the cops and the mob are onto him and in the game of cat and mouse that ensues he has to be one step ahead of everyone.
Now to say this is well made is a huge understatement, the dialogue is razor sharp with perfect timing and lines delivered the way they just don't do them anymore, Beautifully framed in black and white and with a story that is part crime, part chase and part romance, this sort of has something for everyone. The acting is all excellent and I loved the time period too with cars as big as small whales and everything that went in the fifties. This is a film for fans of golden Hollywood, fans of noir and fans of a ruddy great film making.