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A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico.

Top Cast

  • Robert Mitchum

    Robert Mitchum

    Russ Lambert

  • Linda Darnell

    Linda Darnell

    Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair

  • Jack Palance

    Jack Palance

    Cappy Gordon

  • Roy Roberts

    Roy Roberts

    Charley Malloy

  • Dan Seymour

    Dan Seymour

    Felipe

  • Fortunio Bonanova

    Fortunio Bonanova

    Mandy, hotel owner

  • Sandro Giglio

    Sandro Giglio

    Cable Car Conductor

  • Reginald Sheffield

    Reginald Sheffield

    Mr. Woburn, English tourist

  • Margaret Brewster

    Margaret Brewster

    Mrs. Woburn, English tourist

Overview

A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico.

Rating

6.0 / 10
25 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Apr 15, 2024

    A film of two halves, this one. Cinematographically speaking - it's got lots of gorgeous Mexican scenery, evocative and sultry dancing and a rather enjoyable firework display. The story and acting, however, leave quite a bit to be desired. Linda Darnell is holing up in Mexico, hiding from her mobster boyfriend. When she agrees to testify before an US Senate hearing she must get back to the States, evading his henchman "Cappy Gordon" (Jack Palance) en route. Luckily, she alights of former boxer "Russ Lambert" (Robert Mitchum) who ends up helping her. It is an oddly static film, neither of the male leads have anything like enough charisma to hold the screen and Darnell isn't given much to work with either. There are a few decently menacing scenes on an aerial cable car, but otherwise this is an unremarkable gangster thriller with little jeopardy and a rather sudden ending!

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