Edward G. is a violent and psychotic criminal facing the death sentence; in the next cell Robert Graves faces similar unless he reveals the whereabouts of $200k. Ingeniously they break out, taking hostages, and get away to a remote warehouse. But when Graves goes to pick up the loot, the police close in... And that's when dramatically we literally get boxed in, as there's no way out, and people start dropping. So Sydney Boehm didn't let it play out as well as it might, and Ed has no redeeming features either, so his performance is unredeemingly ugly.
Nice scenes though and starkly photographed in high contrast by Stanley Cortez.
With Jean Parker, Milburn Stone (priest), Warren Stevens, Sylvia Findley. An independent United Artists release.
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