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One of a number of semi-documentary noir-thrillers produced by Twentieth Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s (others include 'Call Northside 777' and 'Panic in the Streets'). When an innocent woman is killed in a nightclub holdup in the Midwestern town of Center City, the F.B.I. investigates. Minor parts were played by actual F.B.I. personnel and extensive location filming was used; however, photographer Joe McDonald evokes a sense of the corrupt city through stylized and shadowy images not too different from studio based noir films of the time. As Alec Stiles, Richard Widmark replays the psychopathic character he created for 'Kiss of Death' (1947).

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"One of a number of semi-documentary noir-thrillers produced by Twentieth Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s (others include 'Call Northside 777' and 'Panic in the Streets'). When an innocent woman is killed in a nightclub holdup in the Midwestern town of Center City, the F.B.I. investigates. Minor parts were played by actual F.B.I. personnel and extensive location filming was used; however, photographer Joe McDonald evokes a sense of the corrupt city through stylized and shadowy images not too different from studio based noir films of the time. As Alec Stiles, Richard Widmark replays the psychopathic character he created for 'Kiss of Death' (1947)."@en
"Richard Widmark is Stiles, an up-and-coming crime boss trying to stake his claim in the criminal underworld. One FBI case in particular baffles Inspector Briggs (Nolan). It involves the murders of a housewife and a bank guard, both of whom were killed by the same gun yet there is no connection between the victims. Briggs sends his best agent undercover to penetrate the notorious Stiles gang, but an informant in the police department tips Stiles off..."
"Een jonge FBI-agent infiltreert in een criminele bende."
"The FBI goes undercover to catch a cold-hearted murderer of a housewife and a bank guard, killed with the same gun, yet with no connection between the victims."
"The FBI files are filled with many lurid crime stories, but one case in particular baffles Inspector Briggs. Determined to solve the case, he sends an agent undercover to penetrate the inner circle of a notorious gang run by crime boss Stiles."
"Determined to unravel a crime, FBI Inspector Briggs sends his best agent undercover to penetrate the inner circle of the notorious Stiles gang. Everything goes according to plan, until an informant inside the police department tips off Stiles."@en
"A story pulled from the FBI files: It's the murders of a housewife and a bank guard, with no connection between the victims, except the murder weapon, that baffles FBI inspector Briggs who sends an undercover agent to penetrate the inner circle of a notorious gang run by up-and-coming crime boss Stiles."