Aldo Ray stars as James Banning, an artist, who thru a bizarre set of circumstances is accused of bank robbery and murder.
Banning finds himself pursued by the law and the real killers. It all starts when two criminals, John (Brian Keith) and Red (Rudy Bond) misp;lace a huge amount of money they have stolen. They did this when they attempted to kill James and his doctor friend Edward Gurston (Frank Albertson) at their hunting camp.
Edward is killed but James lives and finds the money. He barely manages to get away. Hot on his trail is a detectove named Ben Fraser (James Gregory) who does not totally believe that James is a killer, or anything else.
James meets Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft) in a bar and she gets pulled into the chase as well. This is a very well told tale that is told mostly in flashbacks from James' point of view as he tries to explain to the thungs and to the police that he is innocent while trying to keep the money hidden from John and Red at the same time.
It's a very in depth film that has plenty of twists and turns, but what really drives the story is the way Ray portrays Banning. He's an everyday guy who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Any fan of film noir will enjoy this fast moving but bleak film. The rest of the cast includes Jocelyn Brando, Arline Anderson and Robert Cherry. Check it out as I highly Recommend it.
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