| Release Date: | May 1942 |
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| Genre: | Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery |
| Cast: | Van Heflin ('Rocky' Custer), Patricia Dane (Mida King, Stage Name of Beulah Toohey), Cecilia Parker (Constance 'Connie' Furness), Virginia Grey (Sue 'Butch' Custer), Samuel S. Hinds (Roger Furness), Sam Levene (Inspector Gunther), Connie Gilchrist (Pearl Delroy), Mark Daniels (David V. Henderson), Stephen McNally ('Turk' (as Horace McNally)), Tom Conway (Frankie Ciro), Betty Wells ('Baby' Delroy), George Lynn (Paul Rinehart), Roman Bohnen (Ramon), Millard Mitchell (Detective Arthur Doolin), Norman Abbott (Whistling Messenger (uncredited)), Evalene Bankston (Blonde (uncredited)), Arthur Q. Bryan (Medical Examiner (uncredited)), John Butler (Train Conductor (uncredited)), Tom Dugan (Eric 'Schnelly the Mooch' Schneller...), Ralph Dunn (Policeman (uncredited)), Frank Ferguson (Detective 'Mike' McAdams (uncredited)), Aileen Haley (Doll (uncredited)), John Maxwell (Det. Strom (Mustache) (uncredited)), Sam McDaniel (Night Watchman (uncredited)), Roger Moore (Police Stenographer (uncredited)), Frank Moran (Louis 'Mileaway Louie' Scarpi...), Lee Phelps (First Railroad Yardman (uncredited)), Bert Roach (Tubby, Switchboard Man (uncredited)), Clark Ross (Tenor (uncredited)), Robert Ryan (Police Lieutenant (uncredited)), Walter Soderling (Autopsy Surgeon (uncredited)), Arthur Space (Detective with Doolin (uncredited)), William Tannen (Second Railroad Yardman (uncredited)), Christina Teague (Morgue Nurse (uncredited)), Harry Tyler ('Queenie' McQueen, Dance Director...), Joe Yule (Stagehand (uncredited)) |
A convict being escorted in for retrial escapes at Grand Central and threatens his old girlfriend on the phone. She flees for her new beau's private railcar at the same station. When she is then found murdered the cops round up a motley group of suspects including the escapee, several guys feeling sore at the way the gold-digging broad had treated them, some jealous dames, and a private eye already on the case. Inspector Gunther soon has a problem - enough evidence to fry all of them.