A 1949 breezy film noir starring Dennis O'Keefe. O'Keefe, a reporter, has a hell of a story dropped into his lap when he runs into a woman, Gale Storm, who's searching for her sister. Getting bad news from the morgue, we find out Storm's sister was pregnant & came into the city to have her baby but the pair can't find any hospitals who'll vouch for the birth. Leaving the morgue O'Keefe sees Raymond Burr, a thug he recognizes, & questions him as to his tail. Thinking Storm's sister was involved in something bigger, O'Keefe contacts a police detective, Jeff Chandler, & fills him in & since at this point there's no smoke to this purported fire encourages him to do a little more digging which turns out to a substantial baby mill run by Marjorie Rambeau & Will Kuluva w/strong arm support by muscleman Mike Mazurki. Finding a fellow pregnant woman, Meg Randall, who knew Storm's sister, they device a plan to use Randall as a lure for Rambeau's services which would've gone off w/o a hitch if not for Burr's meddling which spurs on a great last minute dash to save Storm from the bad men (& women). O'Keefe is tops here w/a quip & sharp eye on detail who manages to be on the up & up throughout the narrative who never devolves into sleaze mode just to get a story w/great support by Storm whose pain we feel trying to get to the bottom of this case.
