A girl with a heart of ice!
Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, he escapes, determined to bring the real killer to justice.
- 5.5
- 1949
- Released
- 1h 26m
Virginia Mayo
Flaxy Martin
Zachary Scott
Walter Colby
Dorothy Malone
Nora Carson
Tom D'Andrea
Sam Malko
Helen Westcott
Peggy Farrar
Douglas Kennedy
Hap Richie
Elisha Cook Jr.
Roper
Douglas Fowley
Max, Detective
Monte Blue
Joe, Detective
Jack Overman
Caesar
Max Wagner
Charles McMahonReleased
en
- #gangster
- #girlfriend
- #crooked lawyer
- #femme fatale
- #film noir
- #jump from train
- #train
- #double cross
- #escaped prisoner
- #murder charge
- #murder case
- #lying witness
- #innocent man
- #unjust conviction
- #shoot out
- #bad girlfriend
- #greedy woman
Reviews
It's not often you see Virginia Mayo play an unsavoury character but she does it quite well here as the eponymous and rather duplicitous character. She's the girlfriend of "Colby" (Zachary Scott). He is a lawyer. Deep down a decent one, but for most of the time he's in the pocket of the crooked "Hap" (Douglas Kennedy). When one of his gang is killed, "Flaky" looks like she's going to have to take