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.
Virginia Mayo
as Flaxy Martin
Zachary Scott
as Walter Colby
Dorothy Malone
as Nora Carson
Tom D'Andrea
as Sam Malko
Helen Westcott
as Peggy Farrar
Douglas Kennedy
as Hap Richie
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Roper
Douglas Fowley
as Max, Detective
Monte Blue
as Joe, Detective
Jack Overman
as Caesar
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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...