Very good acting and story line make for a suspenseful drama. A very successful San Francisco business man Walter Williams(Brian Donlevy)is on his way to wrap up some important business in Denver and his devious wife Irene(Helen Walker)backs out of the trip at the last minute; but wants her husband to pickup her cousin(Tony Barrett), who is actually her lover. The plan of rigging the car to crash backfires and Mr. Williams is the survivor, not the victim of the wreck. Helen is stunned, but plays the dutiful widow as Walter decides to remain in hiding with the chance to begin a lower profile life. Police Lt. Tom Quincy(Charles Coburn)believes he can locate the supposedly dead Williams as a surprised Irene is jailed and charged with conspiracy to murder. This is arguably film-noir. Kudos to director Arthur Lubin and Donlevy for one of his best roles. Also in the cast: Ella Rains, Art Baker, Anna May Wong and Robert Warwick.
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