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This classic example of 1940s [[Film Noir]] features some of the genre's best dialog. [[Daniel Manwaring]], under the pseudonym Geoffrey Homes, smartly adapted his novel ''Build My Gallows High,'' and the stars [[Robert Mitchum]] and [[Jane Greer]] breathe life and larceny into his characters. Private eye Mitchum is hired by a notorious gangster ([[Kirk Douglas]]) to find his mistress Kathie (Jane Greer) who shot him and ran off with a load of dough. Jeff traces Kathie to Mexico, but falls for her and gets caught in her web of deception and murder. Directed with supreme skill by [[Jacques Tourneur]] and brilliantly photographed by [[Nicholas Musuraca]], this film introduced the famous Mitchum screen persona of sleepy-eyed cynic ready to toss out a line like "Baby, I don't care" with nonchalant sex appeal. Jane Greer is equally effective, a combination of erotic fire and cool detachment.

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