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This cracking little noir film is directed by schlockmeister William Castle, but there are no gimmicks here. Instead, we have a pure and simple noir plot involving a returning military man who happens to be the perfect patsy for a frame-up job. Character actors will enjoy seeing Scott Brady ( Johnny Guitar,  later the sheriff in Gremlins ), Dorothy Hart (1948's The Naked City ), Peggy Dow (soon to appear in Joseph Pevney's exceptional noir Shakedown ), John Russell ( Pale Rider , The Outlaw Josey Wales ), and even a fresh-faced Rock Hudson in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it role. The action takes place in Chicago, though rear projection and studio sets occasionally fill in for expensive location shooting. At a brisk 71 minutes, this one flies by and unfolds in something close to real time.  Universal International cranked out scores of these cheap noir and noir-adjacent B-films during the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Some are more memorable than others, but all of them e...

If you're looking for an unconventional World War II film, 1970's Hornet's Nest  offers a powerful break from tradition.