mock-ups with the odd Los Angeles location doubling for Manhattan and a screenplay rife with pulpy zingers." Bradford Galt's comment "There goes my last lead. I'm all dead inside. I'm backed up in a dark corner, and I don't know who's hitting me" has been described as a "prime example of existential anguish" that typifies film noir. References External links 1946 films 1940s crime thriller films American crime thriller films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films American detective films Film noir Films based on short fiction Films scored by Cyril J. Mockridge Films set in New York City 20th Century Fox films Films directed by Henry Hathaway 1940s American films