103 minute running time … written for the stage, maybe? (Yes, it was.) Started out sort of slow and cheesy, a day in the life of a detective bureau in the big city, but then the story picked up speed and drama … it got pretty interesting, some good writing for sure, Eleanor Parker was really good (ah ha, best actress nomination for this one, I believe it) … young Kirk Douglas, he’s always intense … and Cathy O’Donnell (remember Keechie?), beautiful, and young Lee Grant, also beautiful. Anyway, I was pretty moved by this one, it was good, I liked it, green-go … a possible Top 500 movie selection. Thanks to John Farr, who rightly called it “absorbing and devastating,” for the recommendation

I'd rather go to jail for 20 years than find out my wife was a tramp.