Overview
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
Director and cast
- Michael Gordon Director
- Ella Raines as Noel Faraday
- Edmond O'Brien as Bob Regan
- William Bendix as Lt. Damico
- Vincent Price as Andrew Colby
- Maria Palmer as Martha Kroner
- John Abbott as Charles Murdock
- Fritz Leiber as Leopold Kroner
- Howland Chamberlain as James Timothy Nolan (as Howard Chamberlin)
- Tito Vuolo as Emilio Canepa
- Wilton Graff as District Attorney
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