and has an interesting, and tragic, twist at the end. Both John Garfield and Shelly Winters acting in this movie is terrific, and they bring the movie to life. I think that no other actor could have played the part John Garfield played; Humphrey Bogart would have been too tough, and James Cagney would have been too in control of the situation. As it is, John Garfield's character is barely in control and is desperate and at the end of his tether. His character is really a small-time hood out of his depth, and one step from disaster. All in all, if you like John Garfield, small-time New York crime dramas and film noir, you should love this movie! I did anyway! A small time thug and loser (John Garfield) and his pal (Norman Lloyd) rob a payroll but things go wrong and a policeman is killed and Lloyd is wounded. On the run, Garfield picks up a shy wallflower (Shelley Winters) at a public swimming pool and then proceeds to hold her family hostage and terrorize them. This was Garfield's last film so it's a pity he isn't better. In fact, his performance is pretty bad. Garfield's snarling cop killer is so nasty and creepy that it's not believable that, however naive, a plain Jane like Winters would invite him into her home, much less actually fall in love with him. Amazingly, Garfield, director John Berry and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo were all under investigation by the House Of Un