The aging white criminal David Burke comes up with the perfect plan for a bank robbery that he thinks cannot go wrong. His accomplices are the black musician Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte) who has a gambling problem and urgently has to pay off some debts and the white ex-convict Earle Slater who distrusts him and threatens to mess everything up. With its morally complex characters, this film noir directed by an old hand in Hollywood was an ideal vehicle for exploring the themes of racism, fears and tensions in society.
(Arsenal Kino)