简介：GamblerJohnMerrick(FrankLovejoy)istheheadofabookiesyndicateandthenewspaperiscrusadingagainsthimandtherackets,primarilybecauseMerrickisinlovewithFeliceStuart(JoanWeldon),daughterofthenewspaperpublisherwhocannotbreakuptheromancethroughpersuasion.Asenatecommitteeinvestigatingcrimegetsinvolved,theracketeers,otherthanMerrickwhoisa"niceguy",strikebackandkillareporter,andMerrick'sownson,JerryMerrick(RobertArthur),commitssuicide.Merrick,tohisowndisadvantage,helpsbringdownthesyndicate.Sinceitisinblack-and-white-,dealswithcrimeandwasanAmerican-madefilm,somewillcallit"filmnoir"sincethatseemstobethecurrentguidelinesforputtingafilminthat,atonetimelimited-and-definedgenre.Itain't,andneitheraremostoftheotherscurrentlysoclassified…