Not the best of Ladd's tough crime dramas but not bad after all, especially with the electric Robinson present. Ladd is an ex-cop who has been sent to prison on a manslaughter conviction. He was framed, and upon his release he sets out to find the real killer. When he returns to San
Francisco, he shuns his empathetic wife Dru, accusing her of seeing other men in his absence, although he knows this is not true. It's a device to make sure she stays clear of him while he plays the dangerous game of tracking down the murderer. Moreover, Ladd wants the man behind the killing, the
waterfront Mafia rackets czar Robinson, as vicious a brute as ever overlorded a mob of cutt...
Released:
1956
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins