| Release Date: | Jun 1958 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Film-Noir / Drama |
| Runtime: | 86 min |
| Cast: | Eli Wallach (Dancer), Robert Keith (Julian), Richard Jaeckel (Sandy McLain) Mary LaRoche (Dorothy Bradshaw) William Leslie (Larry Warner) Emile Meyer (Insp. Al Quine) Marshall Reed (Insp. Fred Asher) Raymond Bailey (Philip Dressler) Vaughn Taylor (The Man) Cheryl Callaway (Cindy Bradshaw) Robert Bailey (Staples) Warner Anderson (Lt. Ben Guthrie) Jack Carol (Lab Technician (uncredited)) Chuck Courtney (Boy (uncredited)) Dick Crockett (Truck Driver (uncredited)) Francis De Sales (Chester McPhee (uncredited)) George Eldredge (Dr. Turkel (uncredited)) Kay English (Supervisor (uncredited)) Bert Holland (Porter (uncredited)) William Marsh (Manager (uncredited)) Junius Matthews (Jeffers (uncredited)) John Maxwell (Norm Thompson (uncredited)) Al Merin (Porter Foreman (uncredited)) Jack Moyles (Attendant (uncredited)) Kathleen O'Malley (Stewardess (uncredited)) Dee Pollock (Boy (uncredited)) Clayton Post (Communications Sergeant (uncredited)) Billy Snyder (Salisbury (uncredited)) Charles Stewart (Lab Technician (uncredited)) Frank Tang (Housekeeper (uncredited)) Guy Way (Cab Driver (uncredited)) |
In San Francisco, two police inspectors are on the case when a rogue taxi driver, with the help of a rogue porter, manages to steal the suitcase of an antiques collector before running down a cop, whose dying gesture is to shoot the cabbie dead. The inspectors discover that a statuette in the suitcase contains heroin. Meanwhile, a psychopathic gangster, his malignant mentor and their dipsomaniac driver have the job of picking up the other heroin shipments, hidden in the luggage of unsuspecting travelers. All goes well until they attempt to retrieve the heroin stuffed in a Japanese doll. A little girl and her lovely young mother have the doll, but when the crooks take possession of it, they find that the heroin has mysteriously vanished.
