The first collaboration between Mann and cinematographer John Alton arrives under the structure of a formally-voiced infomercial for the work of the Treasury Department, which to be honest is the one thing that weighs the film down a little. But once the story gets going, that two T-Men have to impersonate crooks to get into a gang suspected of being involved in counterfeit currency, it becomes good and tense, and in places, quite shocking. Dennis O'Keefe and Alfred Ryder are the T-Men, Wallace Ford 'The Schemer'. Charles McGraw (The Killers) makes a strong impression as the heavy 'Moxie'. John Alton lights from blackness in only the way he can.
With Jane Randolph, June Lockhart (T-Man's wife), Mary Meade (photographer). Written by John Higgins from a story by Virginia Kellogg. Music by Paul Sawtell. Makeup by Ern Westmore (Many credits since 1925).
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