Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger.
Richard Basehart
Larry Nelson
Marilyn Maxwell
Charlotte Maynard
Signe Hasso
Celia Bentner
Dorothy Hart
Ann Taylor
Joseph Pevney
Gus Wormser
Lloyd Gough
Red Chaney
Harry Morgan
Garth
John Hoyt
Jack Bernard
Mickey Knox
Latzo
Harry Antrim
Dr. Stone (uncredited)
Joe Besser
The Cook (uncredited)
Peggie Castle
Crossroads Tavern Waitress (uncredited)
Stephen Chase
Bartender (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
Stick-Up Man (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
Stick-Up Man (uncredited)
Anne P. Kramer
Bertie, the Waitress
Ralph Montgomery
Bar Customer (uncredited)
Tudor Owen
Watchman (uncredited)
Tracey Roberts
Floozie in Bar (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Man in Hospital Cafeteria (uncredited)
Joseph Sweeney
Prison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
Director, Screenplay
Crane Wilbur
Story
Henry Edward Helseth
November 13, 2023
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Nelson" (Richard Basehart" is half way through a thirty year prison stretch when he is released on parole. Determined never to go back behind bars, he capitalises on his time at the prison hospital and finds a job at a sanatorium. His eye wanders to the rather venal nurse "Ann" (Dorothy Hart) but there's not really any way he can afford to indulge her. Until, that is, he discovers a patient in the place that he knows of old. 'Jack" (John Hoyt) is another criminal, suffering from TB, who was reputedly mixed up in a million dollar security heist a long time ago. In return for a bit of help with his estranged wife, he is prepared to pay "Nelson" handsomely. That wife "Celia" (Signe Hasso) has grand designs on this cash, and with a gang of unsavoury types led by "Garth" (Henry Morgan) decides to get the loot at all costs. Suddenly, "Nelson" finds his life in danger and he has to think nimbly on his feet if he is to stay alive, at liberty - and hopefully find the cash too. Basehart never was the most charismatic of actors but he does enough here to keep this thriller on it's toes as we build to a quirky denouement that raises the dead for a double-cross (or, maybe not). Standard afternoon fayre, this, but watchable.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00