starring George Raft, Lynn Bari
written by Jonathan Latimer
directed by Edwin L. Marin
87 minutes
Los Angeles Police Detective Joe Warne (George Raft) suspects that composer Keith Vincent's death was not a suicides as everyone else and the evidence seems to suggest. His investigation leads him to actress Frances Ransom (Lynn Bari) who has an alibi that doesn't hold up when he goes to verify it. He gets fired from the LAPD after he keeps investigating and steps on the toes of people who have pull with city's government.
Warne continues to investigate the case despite no longer having the backing of the police department. He runs into resistance from other people who might have something to do with Vincent's death. Eventually he is framed for murder of a photographer who had a connection to Vincent. He manages to wriggle out of the frame job just in time to solve the case and catch the murderer.
Thoughts
I saw this movie as part of the 2026 Noir City DC film festival at the AFI Silver Theater. I had not seen it before. It received a very brief intro from an employee of the Film Noir Foundation, who was not Eddie Muller.
I enjoyed this movie very much. It is a film noir. I liked Raft's performance and those of the rest of the cast. It moved along at a fun clip and did not bore me in the least bit.
Notes
This is not the first film in which I have seen George Raft but it is the first in which I have seen Lynn Bari. Other actors that were in this film that I have seen before include Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney, Walter Sande, Mabel Paige, and Bern Hoffman.
This is the fourth film I have watched that was written by Jonathan Latimer. The Big Clock (1948) was one of the other three films.
This is the third film I have watched that was produced by Joan Harrison who had previously worked for Alfred Hitchcock and would later go on to produce Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). The two other films she made that I have seen are Phantom Lady (1944) and They Won't Believe Me (1947).
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