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Overall Rank: 3687
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 26
Theatrical Release Date: 11/30/1945
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Actors: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard
Plot: Al, a down and out piano player, hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles in order to be with his singer girlfriend. Fate has other plans for Al when he steps into the car of a character named Haskel, who promptly dies in his sleep one night while Al is driving. Afraid the cops will never believe the truth, Al takes Haskell's money, car, and identity, and tries to make it to Los Angeles, only to have fate intervene again when he picks up a mean-spirited female hitchhiker.
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3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 01/06/2024
Superbly acted film that soars above its low budget status thanks to tight plotting and mean spirited but intelligent script. Ann Savage is fantastic as the wily femme fatale and Tom Neal is equally good as her hapless costar, the perfect sap.
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