Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...

Dennis O'Keefe
as Joe Sullivan

Claire Trevor
as Pat Cameron

Marsha Hunt
as Ann Martin

John Ireland
as Fantail

Raymond Burr
as Rick Coyle

Curt Conway
as Spider

Chili Williams
as Marcy

Richard Fraser
as Fields

Whit Bissell
as Murderer

Cliff Clark
as Gates
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Anthony Mann packs quite a lot into eighty minutes in this quickly paced and engagingly intricate film noir. "Joe" (Dennis O'Keefe) faces festering in jail for years after helping out his duplicitous pal "Coyle" (Raymond Burr) who now owes him $50k. An escape plan almost goes awry and reveals to "Jo...