Volatile drunk Carl Buckley gets fired from the train yard. He gets his flirtatious young wife Vicki to convince railroad executive John Owens to give his job back. Unbeknownst to Carl, the two have a history and she gives John sexual favor. Carl grows violently jealous and has Vicki lure John onto a train. Jeff Warren (Glenn Ford) encounters and is distracted by Vicki as Carl murders John.
This is a dark melodramatic noir of non-sympathetic characters with no rooting interest. Gloria Grahame is a great saucy, full-on femme-fatale. I want to like Glenn Ford more but I don't. It's a lurid tale and perfect good for its genre. Fritz Lang's directing is good but it could be more stylishly dark. Overall, it is more melodrama than to my liking.
This is a dark melodramatic noir of non-sympathetic characters with no rooting interest. Gloria Grahame is a great saucy, full-on femme-fatale. I want to like Glenn Ford more but I don't. It's a lurid tale and perfect good for its genre. Fritz Lang's directing is good but it could be more stylishly dark. Overall, it is more melodrama than to my liking.