John Dall plays a nice-guy deadeye who just really loves guns. Peggy Cummins plays a not-so-nice trick shooter in a traveling carnival. When the sparks fly between them, so does the lead as their honeymoon turns into a crime spree. The two leads and director Joseph H. Lewis play over their heads, turning the ridiculous pulp premise into a propulsive noir cornerstone. A screenplay co-written by a pseudonymous Dalton Trumbo doesn’t hurt.
1950 Joseph H Lewis 1.37:1 B&W DCP 87 min.
