Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in their first on-screen pairing, a thunderbolt of thrilling pulp excitement based on the novel by Graham Greene. When a cold-blooded, cat-loving contract killer (Ladd) is double crossed by his client, it ignites his fuse for vengeance. But his quest for revenge could have tragic consequences when he becomes entangled with a beautiful nightclub singer (Lake), especially since she’s engaged to the lieutenant (Robert Preston) who’s hunting him down.
