Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

• DirectorRobert Siodmak
• Release29 September 1948
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration1h 35m
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• Rate
  

  6.8
  65 reviews
• Productions

  20th Century Fox