While out for a walk, Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) witnesses a murder. He calls the police who want to detain him as he is the only eyewitness. But when he realizes the killers took a shot at him, only barely missing, he takes off.
The police then talk to Frank’s wife Eleanor (Ann Sheridan) to determine his whereabouts. She will become our main character. She also doesn’t know much about Frank anymore, certainly not where he might be. Their marriage has been strained to the breaking point for some time.
She’ll team up with ace reporter Danny (Dennis O’Keefe) to try and find her husband before the bad guys do. They’ll wander around the city looking for clues and edging ever closer to finding Frank. It concludes with a marvelously hectic ride on a roller coaster for Eleanor and a terrifying fight for his life for Frank.
This is one of those films that I should have written about when I first watched it, nearly two weeks ago, but I didn’t. Now the memory of it fades. What I do remember is that I loved it. The cast is terrific, the story twists and turns in the best possible ways. It is a perfectly pitched noir.
Highly recommended.
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Thanks for turning me on to this one…really enjoyed it. Unfortunately I watched the horribly colorized version now streaming on Amazon, so it lost most of it’s shadowy black and white noir appeal. Still, it’s a great pick.
You are welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Rotten luck with the colorized version, I hate when they do that.
Thanks- looking forward to seeing this one!