Summaries

A paroled convict's infatuation with a gold-digger nurse working at a sanitarium leads him to crime.

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger. There is a $1,000,000 robbery of an armored car, and one of the robbery gang turns up at the sanitarium. So Nelson works a money-making, shady deal with an inmate, but soon finds himself a clay pigeon for other members of the gang. Meanwhile,sweet-and-wholesome nurse, Ann Taylor, is doing her best to make Larry see he needs to take another direction.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • murder
  • key
  • temptation
  • messenger
  • kidnapped from hospital
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Film-Noir
Release date Feb 7, 1950
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Eastern State Penitentiary - 2124 Fairmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Production companies Universal International Pictures (UI)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 20m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

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