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Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
76 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert SiodmakDirector
- Richard MurphyScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Victor MatureLt. Candella
- Richard ConteMartin Rome
- Fred ClarkLt Collins
- Shelley WintersBrenda Martingale
- Betty GardeMiss Pruett
- Berry KroegerW. A. Niles
- Tommy CookTony Rome
- Debra PagetTeena Riconti
- Hope EmersonRose Given
- Roland WintersLedbetter
- Walter BaldwinOrvy
- June StoreyMiss Boone, Nurse