This gritty, well-acted film noir from 1947 is directed by the reliable Robert Wise. The main stars are Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, and Walter Slezak. But the weasel-faced great character actor Elisha Cook, Jr. steals the show for me. Tierney had a long acting career including a fine role in a 1990 Seinfeld episode. In this film he does a lot of shifty eye mannerisms and speaks in clipped dialogue. The never colder Claire Trevor is the femme fatale of femme fatales. Walter Slezak plays the bible-quoting, seedy private eye. Esther Howard plays the perfect floozy who is determined to solve the murder. The film, considered by many as a classic, is a lot of fun to watch.
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