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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 72% of the 121 1940s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
99 audience votes
Key crew
- Byron HaskinDirector
- Roy HugginsScreenplay
- R. Dale ButtsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lizabeth ScottJane Palmer
- Don DeForeDon Blake
- Dan DuryeaDanny Fuller
- Arthur KennedyAlan Palmer
- Kristine MillerKathy Palmer
- Barry KelleyLt. Breach
- Kevin O'MorrisonPoliceman (uncredited)
- June StoreyFuller's Girl (uncredited)
- James NolanDetective Parker (uncredited)
- Forbes MurrayDr. Adams (uncredited)
- Billy HalopBoat Attendant (uncredited)
- David ClarkeJack Sharber (uncredited)
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Themes
femme fatalefilm noirbag of moneyscheming wifemaliciouswife kills husband