Danny Haley's bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn't his...then hangs himself. But it seems Winant had a shadowy, protective elder brother who believes in personal revenge. And each of the card players in turn feels a faceless doom inexorably closing in. Dark streets and sexy torch-singer Fran lend ambience.
Russell gives a moving performance as sister Elizabeth Kenny, the dedicated nurse who crusaded for the treatment of infantile paralysis. Academy Award Nominations Best Actress--Rosalind Russell.
Griff Bonnell (Sullivan) and his brothers arrive in a small, Arizona town. He is a U.S. Marshal looking to arrest Howard Swain (Chuck Roberson), coincidentally one of landowner Jessica Drummond’s (Stanwyck) 40 guns. The town is being terrorized and trashed by Brockie and his boys. He’s an arrogant drunk and bully but when he shoots an old buddy of Griff’s, he and his brothers intervene. Griff strides purposefully towards the action, unconcerned at the mayhem going on. Brockie’s buddies recognize the lawman and flee but the drunk Brockie doesn’t know or care. Fuller cuts back and forth between a close-up of Griff’s eyes and Brockie’s gun repeatedly until the climax when Griff finally reaches Rocky and knocks him unconscious with a punch. Griff and Jessica inevitably cross paths and their relationship starts off as antagonistic but eventually blossoms into a romance.
Kowalski,本故事的英雄人物,从事着开车送货工作,开着一辆1970年的动力十足的Dodge Challenger,从科罗拉多到加利福尼亚州的圣弗朗西斯科。Shortly after pickup,他打赌能在不到15小时内到达。经过几次和摩托车警察和高速公路巡警的run-ins,他们追逐Kowa...lski,打算拘留他。一路上,Supersoul引导着Kowalski开车,Supersoul是一个有警察无线电设备的盲眼DJ。电影采用了大量的追逐场景,搭便车的同性恋旅行者,一个骑着摩托车的赤身裸体女子,以及很多mopar车,你会强烈的感受到70年代初这部cult电影带来的刺激。