
First feature film from director Fred Zinneman is a snappy little "B" feature that features Van Heflin as the head of a city crime lab who solves the murder of the town mayor by analyzing evidence from the crime.... (Full plot summary below)
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First feature film from director Fred Zinneman is a snappy little "B" feature that features Van Heflin as the head of a city crime lab who solves the murder of the town mayor by analyzing evidence from the crime.
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| VarietyVariety StaffOne of those moderately-budgeted programmers that appear at long intervals to rise far above the level intended. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewFred Zinnemann's feature debut, a neat, unpretentious and really rather enjoyable whodunit about the hunt for the killer of the town's crusading mayor. |
| User ReviewDave JFred Zimmerman's excellent direction guides this film along at a fast and interesting pace. Good performance by van Hefllin. A very solid and compelling thriller. |
| User ReviewScott RFred Zimmerman's excellent direction guides this film along at a fast and interesting pace. Good performance by van Hefllin. A very solid and compelling thriller. |
| User ReviewAllan CThe feature film debut of director Fred Zinnemann, the man who'd later go on to direct such classics as "High Noon" and "From Here to Eternity," kicks things off with a solid little police thriller. Van Heflin, an actor who I'm always baffled at how he became a leading man, plays a police chemist uncovering the mayor's murderer. This is strictly B-Movie material, but it's well done and even if you don't see the brilliance you'd see in later Zinnemann films, you do see that he's a solid filmmaker. Certainly worth checking out. |