A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
This lurid 1948 melodrama by Jean Negulesco has built up a considerable underground reputation.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
30 Apr 2012
fresh:
Framed within a realistically intimate roadhouse setting, yarn reconstructs the triangle with an arrestingly psychotic twist supplied by Richard Widmark.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
List first the fact that Widmark, though he stands in danger of being typed as the screen's prime psychotic, does an excellent job (complete with chilling laughter).