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15/02/1949 Crime, Drama 1h 26m
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A girl with a heart of ice!

Overview

Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, he escapes, determined to bring the real killer to justice.

  1. David Lang

    Writer

  2. Richard L. Bare

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Virginia Mayo

    Flaxy Martin

  2. Zachary Scott

    Walter Colby

  3. Dorothy Malone

    Nora Carson

  4. Tom D'Andrea

    Sam Malko

  5. Helen Westcott

    Peggy Farrar

  6. Douglas Kennedy

    Hap Richie

  7. Elisha Cook Jr.

    Roper

  8. Douglas Fowley

    Max, Detective

  9. Monte Blue

    Joe, Detective

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-12
It's not often you see Virginia Mayo play an unsavoury character but she does it quite well here as the eponymous and rather duplicitous character. She's the girlfriend of "Colby" (Zachary Scott). He is a lawyer. Deep down a decent one, but for most of the time he's in the pocket of the crooked "Hap" (Douglas Kennedy). When one of his gang is killed, "Flaky" looks like she's going to have to take the rap - but her paramour thinks he has the legal wits to argue himself out of the chair, so takes the blame himself. It's only when he is being tried that his erstwhile "friends" move the goalposts ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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