Nice breezy low-budget crime thriller about illegal off-track betting.

By-the-numbers but enjoyable gangster noir, it gets the beats right and the tone right although it doesn't stand out much from the pack. I thought the particulars of the bookie business were rather confusing, but ultimately such details don't matter much. The highlight is the climax, a chase through the bowels of Boulder Dam. Like so many noirs, the worst of it is in the final moments, in this case a ridiculously preachy voice-over about the insidious evils of gambling.

liked the concept, but the characters were too one dimensional and sometimes drug on. the acting was sub par, but bareable.