Dan Duryea heads a cast that includes Howard Duff (husband of Ida Lupino), Shelley Winters, and the very dependable and self-assured John McIntyre (who would go on to star in the Naked City TV series). The film was directed by William Castle, who was no stranger to keeping to a very tight budget, but manages to get the atmosphere pretty good for this film. An FBI agent gets a con to cooperate with him to infiltrate a drug mob. It seems the girl of the con died from an overdose. Winters is the necessary romantic interest added to the plot. McIntyre almost steals the film from everyone with his diabolical performance. Worth viewing.
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