The acting in this film is fine, but it can't rise above the story, which is average at best: the tale of a special prosecutor determined to bring a criminal enterprise to justice. Edmond O'Brien is the prosecutor and William Holden is the hard-nosed reporter who warns him, as a friend, that he might have to get dirty to do battle with the likes of Neil Eichelberger (Ed Bagley).
Alexis Smith is the high-society girlfriend who finds herself wedged, emotionally, between the prosecutor and the reporter. Her performance is the linchpin that makes the drama and the romance work.
This is a film about realism versus idealism when it comes to law and order.
Alexis Smith is the high-society girlfriend who finds herself wedged, emotionally, between the prosecutor and the reporter. Her performance is the linchpin that makes the drama and the romance work.
This is a film about realism versus idealism when it comes to law and order.