Directed by Anthony Mann
Joe Sullivan breaks out of prison with the help of Pat, his girlfriend, and his faithless former partner Rick, who secretly hopes Joe will be killed in the attempt. Narrated by Pat as she witnesses Joe falling for his lawyer’s secretary, the picture is both a film noir and a woman’s picture, with Joe Sullivan a hero as morally ambiguous as any in director Anthony Mann’s canon.
Eagle-Lion Films, Inc. Screenwriter: Leopold Atlas, John C. Higgins. Cinematographer: John Alton. Editor: Alfred DeGaetano. Cast: Dennis O’Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland, Raymond Burr.
35mm, b/w, 78 min.
