John Garfield stars as Joe Morse, a mob attorney who is disliked by most people including his brother Leo (Thomas Gomez).
No matter what Leo thinks, Joe is always trying to help his small gambling racket and Leo refuses. However during a particular 4th Of July weekend, the numbers have been rigged and Joe knows Leo will be ruined.
He manages to force Leo into the bigger number racket and then finds that things are starting to unravel. Leo and his crew are arrested numerous times by the crooked cops in order to force Joe into doing certain things for the mob bosses.
Things get even worse when the mob kidnaps Joe's brother and threaten to kill him. There are a lot of twists and turns as the films turns darker and darker.
In the end, as is usual for this type of movie, all is lost and every single life has been destroyed in some way. Garfields performance is top notch and this is the kind of role he was born to play.
Abraham Polonsky directs the film with razor sharp dialogue and a great supporting cast including Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor, Roy Roberts, Paul Fix and Howard Chamberlain.
The Blu-ray presentation is simply the best I have ever seen this movie and if you're a fan of film noir all I can say is check this out. Kino comes thru again.
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