This is a smashing film noir entry with Basehart as Davis Morgan, a brilliant, cold-hearted thief with underlying psychopathic tendencies that chill the viewer to the bone. Morgan is an electronics wizard who robs stores and warehouses to obtain electrical equipment which he modifies and
then rents out to Reeves (Bissell). The Los Angeles police are in a quandary about this successful burglar since Morgan listens in on their radio network and cleverly alters his
modus operandi so that his work appears to be that of another burglar. With cops Brennan (Brady) and Breen (Roberts) hot
on his trail, Morgan attempts to escape into the vast sewer system beneath Los...
Released:
1948
Rated:
NR
Length:
79 mins