94 minute running time, so the perfect length … really enjoyed this one, 1940s California, moralizing wasn’t heavy-handed and it was pretty dark, all things considered … even the weird bits that Zanuck tacked on the end couldn’t ruin what came before … and the great Dassin staged an amazing fruit truck crash … this is a green-go, recommended movie. John Farr recommends this one too.

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