Director William Castle makes the Most of On-Location Shoots.
Some Gritty Violence and Tense Scenes Add Gravitas to the Familiar Plot.
Two Intense Scenes are Notable...
Scott Brady being Kidnapped, Blind-Folded, Beaten, and Shot in a Dark, Underground Labyrinth Shifts the Tone Sharply.
A Grotesque Finale, again in a Dim, Forbidding Underground Setting with a Hulking, Human, Friend Seeking Revenge.
Along with Brady is John Russell, Bruce Bennett, Peggy Dow, and Dorothy Hart. All are Fine in Support.
Notable is a Scene where Bennett as a Helpful Cop-Friend, Focuses on Things that were Slowly Infiltrating Film-Noir...
"Police-Procedures".
The Low-Budget Film-Noir has the Main Genre Ingredients and Fits Firm.
There is a Femme-Fatale, that Despite Common Wisdom is Not Always Present.
The Street Scenes, the Beneath the Street Scenes,and a Dark, Frantic Tone, All Contribute.
To Rise this to Slightly Above Average, and is Definitely...
Worth a Watch
Note...Rock Hudson's first Credit...Billed as "Roc" Hudson...About a minute of screen-time and a couple of lines as a Police Detective.
Some Gritty Violence and Tense Scenes Add Gravitas to the Familiar Plot.
Two Intense Scenes are Notable...
Scott Brady being Kidnapped, Blind-Folded, Beaten, and Shot in a Dark, Underground Labyrinth Shifts the Tone Sharply.
A Grotesque Finale, again in a Dim, Forbidding Underground Setting with a Hulking, Human, Friend Seeking Revenge.
Along with Brady is John Russell, Bruce Bennett, Peggy Dow, and Dorothy Hart. All are Fine in Support.
Notable is a Scene where Bennett as a Helpful Cop-Friend, Focuses on Things that were Slowly Infiltrating Film-Noir...
"Police-Procedures".
The Low-Budget Film-Noir has the Main Genre Ingredients and Fits Firm.
There is a Femme-Fatale, that Despite Common Wisdom is Not Always Present.
The Street Scenes, the Beneath the Street Scenes,and a Dark, Frantic Tone, All Contribute.
To Rise this to Slightly Above Average, and is Definitely...
Worth a Watch
Note...Rock Hudson's first Credit...Billed as "Roc" Hudson...About a minute of screen-time and a couple of lines as a Police Detective.