an insurance agent and visits Winant's widow Victoria, telling her that he needs to locate Sidney, the beneficiary of Winant's life-insurance policy, and that Victoria will be the beneficiary if Sidney is not found. Victoria cannot provide a photo of Sidney because she has destroyed them. Danny spends a romantic evening with Victoria, but when he reveals his true identity, she then chases him out in a rage. Danny tries to give her Winant’s check, but she refuses to accept it. Returning to his motel, Danny finds Augie's body hanging from the shower in his room. The police arrest Danny after the hotel manager tells them that he heard both men arguing loudly the day before. Captain Garvey arrives in Los Angeles and, believing Danny to be innocent, persuades the local police to release Danny, provided that he immediately leaves the city. Danny travels to Las Vegas, where Soldier works at a casino. Soldier gets Danny a job as a blackjack dealer. Fran comes to Las Vegas, and Soldier finds her a job as a singer in the casino's lounge. After work one day, Danny goes to a nearby casino to play craps and builds a small stake into more than $10,000. Victoria phones and warns Fran that Sidney knows that Danny is in Las Vegas. Danny asks Fran to send the money that he had won to Victoria the next morning if anything should happen to him. Believing that Danny is in love with Victoria, Fran decides to leave for Chicago. Danny waits in his motel room with a gun in his hand. However, Sidney emerges from the bathroom, catching Danny by surprise; after a struggle, he chokes Danny. Captain Garvey and his men, who were following Danny all along, burst into the room and shoot Sidney. The next morning at the airport, Danny catches Fran before she boards her plane to tell her that he loves her. They kiss and walk back into the airport. Cast Charlton Heston as Danny Haley/Richard Branton Lizabeth Scott as Fran Garland Viveca Lindfors as Victoria Winant Dean Jagger as Capt. Garvey Don DeFore as Arthur Winant Jack Webb as Augie Ed Begley as Barney Harry Morgan as Soldier Walter Sande as Swede Mark Keuning as Billy Winant Mike Mazurki as Sidney Winant Production notes The film, with a working title of No Escape, was produced between April 5 and May 12, 1950