Summaries

Honest LA insurance detective Joe Peters becomes corrupt after falling in love with sensual gold-digger model Diane.

An L.A. insurance detective starts to get involved with a girl he is increasingly attracted to, even though he sees her as a chiseller. She makes it clear that her tastes are too expensive for him, so he sets about getting a lot of money quickly if illegally. Perhaps too late, she starts to find that she is content with him just the way he is.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Joe Peters (Charles McGraw), a trusted insurance investigator plans a million-dollar mail robbery in order to win the love of Diane Morley (Joan Dixon), a shady lady with mink-and-caviar tastes. When it is too late for Joe to pull out of the scheme he and Diance get married. but their happiness is short-lived, as they get chased by the police down into one of Los Angeles' concrete river beds.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Aside from his initial attraction to her, Joe Peters, paid to be suspicious being a Los Angeles based detective for Southwest Indemnity, doesn't fully trust seductive Diane Morley because of the way she inserted herself into his life. Regardless, she, despite being attracted to him in return, is explicit, in being tight for money, that he proverbially couldn't afford her anyway as she has her sights generally on much bigger fish than him. Their story becomes more complex when she is seen on the arm of a suspect on a fur robbery case and known racketeer, Kendall Webb, Joe who has a rap sheet on him a mile long. But instead of the case, all Joe can think about is what it would take for Diane to be on his arms, especially with all the inside information he has on insurance cases which would lead to the perfect crime and Diane.—Huggo

Details

Keywords
  • insurance agent
  • fur coat
  • man goes astray
  • unlawful
  • witness recognizes mugshot
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Film-Noir
Release date Sep 16, 1951
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations W. Riverside Drive and Fernleaf Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies RKO Radio Pictures

Box office

Budget $200000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 13m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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