A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.
Year - 1955
Directed By - Joseph H. Lewis
Written By - Philip Yordan
Produced By - Sidney Harmon, Walter Mirisch, Cornel Wilde
Starring - Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace
Two of the male goons are queer-coded.
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