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...