For someone who looks like a Who from Whoville Dick Powell is fucking awesome at playing tough guys. I love the trope of one guy barging headlong out of ignorance or stubbornness into a conspiracy whose proportions he can't grasp and which fucks him over by the time he does (e.g. Jawbone Station). Annoyingly after a bleak start to the film Powell's character gets bailed out of trouble whenever he's in too deep by a couple of good guys, but that doesn't rob this of a lot of great scenes.
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