Ray and A.I. Bezzerides adapted Gerald Butler novel, creating what starts as a noirish police psychological drama and turns into something more strange, more lyrical and more romantic, underscored by a terrific Bernard Herrmann score which considerably uplifts Ray's already great film.
Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino (she's actually top billed but doesn't come in until 40 minutes through) are really the whole show. Though also with Ward Bond, Ed Begley, Charles Kemper, Ian Wolfe, Jimmy Conlin.
The film has a wonderful momentum too - editor Roland Gross (also The Thing From Another World). Photographed by George Diskant. An RKO film produced by John Houseman.
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