We had to go through a story by Gerald Adams and Sidney Biddell (who's also the producer), have it adapted by Allen Rikkin and then screenwritten by Oliver H.P. Garrett and Steve Fisher to get to tale of ex-para (Bogart) who's trying to clear the name of his dead mate amidst the usual trappings of femme fatale Lizabeth Scott (who kept making me think of young Drew Barrymore), articulate baddie Morris Carnovsky, cop Charles Kane and tough Marvin Miller (to me an unfamiliar cast - we are at Columbia). Not sure about Cromwell's feel for material, film isn't as noiry as some, but features satisfying jasmine-scented double-crosses.
Music by Marlin Skiles, shot by Leo Tover.
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