This is a B-movie in every sense — brief, low-budget and bad, obviously made to show in theaters as part of a double feature. Secretary Susan Hart (Pamela Blake) takes on a job from a client while her cash-strapped private eye boss and boyfriend Russ Ashton (Tom Neal) is out of town on a case. It seems simple, the client wants her to get photographic evidence of his wife’s affair and gives her a camera hidden in a hat box. Only, it turns out the box is rigged with a gun and Russ returns to town to find his gal in jail on a murder rap. Neal and his sidekick Harvard, played by Allen Jenkins, are pleasant, but the script doesn’t give them much to work with. Neal, by the way, is best known as the ill-fated lead in the cult film noir “Detour” (44 min.)
Unrated - 1947
Director:
Lambert Hillyer
Starring:
Tom Neal
Pamela Blake
Allen Jenkins
Virginia Sale
Leonard Penn
Olga Andre
Edward Keane
Tom Kennedy
Writer:
Carl K. Hittleman (screenplay and story)
Maury Nunes (story)
Don Martin (writer)
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