After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.

• DirectorWilliam Keighley
• Release14 July 1948
• Genre
  Crime / Thriller
• Duration1h 31m
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  6.3
  46 reviews
• Productions

  20th Century Fox