Plot Summary - Film noir in which out-of-work mining engineer Mike Lambert (Glenn Ford), arrives in town in a runaway truck with no brakes. Going into a local bar, the La Paloma Cafe (with secret gambling club upstairs), he meets beautiful blonde femme fatale/cocktail waitress Paula (Janis Carter). When he gets hauled into court for reckless driving, driving without a license, etc. as a result of the truck accident, Paula bails him out and, soon drunk at the La Paloma, puts him passed out into a hotel room. But it seems our blonde has a scheme of her own, along with married boyfriend/bad guy Stephen Price (Barry Sullivan), vice president of the local bank. The two have formed a plot to embezzle a quarter of a million dollars from the bank, and Paula has been working at the Cafe in order to find a match for Stephen physically - the big plan is to drive a car with his double over a curvy steep cliff, run off together with the cops believing the dead man in the car is Price, then live happily ever after. With the "same height and build" as evil Stephen, our Mike is their man. And so begins the plan, as Paula befriends Mike, then tries to lures him into their evil web!
Review - This is a very entertaining watch, a crime drama with some twists, lots of fun scenes and a - yes - smouldering hot Glenn Ford to look at - um, love his softly spoken manner and dreamy eyes, oh my goodness. Janis Carter gives a well done performance as your typical film noir femme fatale who manipulates men to get what she wants. Very good film. Rating - 9/10 stars
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