- DIRECTOR:
Harold Clurman
- ACTORS:
Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Joseph Calleia, Osa Massen,
Lola Lane, Jerome Cowan, Marvin Miller
- PLOT:
A naive young sailor (Williams) teams up with a world-weary dancer (Hayward) and a clever cab driver (Lukas) to solve a murder that the sailor probably did not commit.
- EVALUATION:
A wonderfully quirky crime drama helped by the adorable goofiness of its protagonist, who measures time in haircuts, and its cab driver, who possesses a certain Lugosian charm.
- WRITING:
The plot is nothing to write home about, but the dialogue from Clifford Odets for the three leads is outstanding.
- FILMING:
Does a lot to convince the audience that they have stayed up all night.
- BEST PART:
Confronting a potential murderer during a police retirement party was pretty fun.
- TRIVIA:
This was Harold Clurman's only film. (He was primarily a stage director.)
- STINGER:
Babe Dooley drops his bottle on the ground.
