Cast:
Captain Barnaby - Edward G. Robinson (Emanuel Goldenberg)
Mona Ross - Paulette Goddard (Pauline Marion Levy)
Al Barkis - Edward Binns
Jack Hartrampf - Porter Hall
Marty Kusalich - Adam Williams
Pete Monty - LEE VAN CLEEF
Frankie - Jay Adler
Carol Lawson - Mary Ellen Kay
Lt. Imlay - Dan Riss
Ginny - K. T. Stevens (Gloria Wood)
Vickie Webb - Joan Vohs (Elinor Joan Vohs)
Director:
Arnold Levin
Synopsis:
Attempting to steal a car for
a bank robbery, two hoods, Al Barkis (Ed Binns) and Pete Monty (LEE VAN
CLEEF), are intercepted in the darkened parking lot by a cop. Barken
shoots and kills the policeman but Jack Hartrampf, who had been visiting a
girl in Room 17 at the nearby hotel, stumbles onto the scene just in time
to witness the crime. He is picked up by the police, but refuses to give
evidence for fear of implicating the girl and damaging his reputation.
Taking personal charge of the case, Captain Barnaby (Edward G. Robinson),
holds Hartrampf in custody, hoping that he will eventually identify the
killers. He also enlists the help of Mona (Paulette Goddard), who runs an
escort service and has an extraordinary wide range of underworld
connections. She gives him a lead on a man named Marty Kusalich (Adam
Williams). Barnaby learns that Barker is planning a bank heist, and the
gang arrives at the bank to find the police waiting for them. Barker and
Pete, however, escape again, using a young girl teller as a shield.
Meanwhile, under Barnaby's pressure, Hartrampf wrongly identifies Kusalich
as one of the killers. Proclaiming his innocence he reveals Barker's
hideout to the police and Barnaby and the squad surround the place,
rescuing the teller after killing Barkis and capturing Pete.