110 minute running time … at least 10 minutes too long … I wish they could have tightened it up a bit, but I liked this one … Lucille LeSueur, er, Joan Crawford is always so good and you don’t need to be a homosexual man to appreciate her acting skills (this movie is Farr recommended, of course). Volodymyr Palahniuk, er, Jack Palance is absolutely terrifying (he was nearly undefeated as a boxer), and Gloria Grahame plays a great blonde tramp. That’s her list below of “horses that owe me money,” which made me laugh … I have a similar list, though with ticker symbols.

Solid noir from the early 1950s … money, romance, revenge, scheming, love, hate, mistaken identity, violence … it has all the elements. This is a green-go.