Some pretty good casting here. The plot isn't all that original or surprising, but it's a solid tale of redemption. With one exception: Garfield's epiphany at Capistrano is a little too pat. There's also some tonal issues where Negulesco tries and fails to lighten things up with a few misplaced gags and a far too jaunty score. But got a stellar climax and it's not a bad way to get your noir fix. Chiselers and con men, greed and desperation, seedy backrooms, foggy piers and a nasty femme fatale.

good story and good actors, but nothing in there to put it above average