Brian Donlevy's crooked, McGinty-ish politician angers a criminal associate (Joseph Calleia, effortlessly sinister) by pledging his support for a reform candidate whose beautiful daughter he has taken a fancy to. Murder, political chicanery and a smouldering love-hate relationshi...( read more)
this was really damn good and an inspiration for both yojimbo and miller's crossing. i could definitely rate it higher except that i always have difficulty buying alan ladd as a tough guy...when he tries to look hard it's funny
Enjoyed this, pretty quick moving, some decent twists etc.
Couldn't help but think Yojimbo all the way through it..which is odd, given everyone says Leone ripped off Red Harvest, not this.
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