Victor Mature stars as an ex US military man who stays in England after his discharge because his wife does not want to go to America. Mature's character of Harry Miller gets a job with a trucking firm run by Joe Easy (Patrick Allen).
Easy is in charge of a crime syndicate that is running the British trucking industry and that is when Harry starts having trouble. He stops a couple of men from stealing out of a truck and that lands him in hot water.
Secondly he meets a stunning blonde, Lynn (Diana Dors) who is Joe's girl, but not really by choice. You can tell by the look in Harry's eyes that he knows he is doomed because of Lynn.
Lynn and Harry have a one night stand in an out of the way diner/motel and that pretty much seals their fate. Harry learns that his child may not really be his and Lynn runs away from Easy.
There are a lot of plot twists in this fine film and at the conclusion Easy forces Harry and Lynn to helphim smuggle stolen furs across into Scotland from Liverpool.
I won't give away the ending, but lets just say it's typical noir. Everyone is very good in this film, but it is Dors who steals the show. Her performance as Lynn is one of the best I have ever seen in a film noir.
She is a beautiful woman who knows what she wants in life, but can never obtain it. The final scene of her in the back of a taxi is one that is not soon forgotten.
I cannot recommend this enough for Noir fans or fans of the two leads. Man, they just don't make women like Diana any more.
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