1950..... 102 Minutes

Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru

Edmond O'Brien goes crooked for a fast buck and falls for femme fatale gangster's girl (Joanne Dru). Classic Noir of Bookie crime rackets in the 1950's. Exciting climax at Hoover dam. Edmond O'Brien plays a telephone repairman whose electronic savvy earns him a job with a bookmaking concern. O'Brien's bookie boss Barry Kelly wants to get instant results from the nation's racetracks, and to this end O'Brien illicitly plugs into several communication centers. The wealthier O'Brien becomes, the more scruples he sheds. Eventually he runs afoul of the Big Boss of an Eastern bookie syndicate (Otto Kruger) and vainly attempts to escape with his life in a slam-bang finale filmed at Hoover Dam. 711 Ocean Drive was made to cash in on a then-current national newspaper expose of bookmaking operations.