Alberto Cavalcanti

A British ex-serviceman who was drawn to the excitement of black-marketeering postwar is betrayed by his psychopathic, sadistic gang boss.

Quintessential post-war British Noir. Ex-RAF pilot Trevor Howard is double-crossed by his black -marketeer boss. Once he breaks out of Dartmoor Prison, he seeks revenge. No holds barred in terms of brutality.

Quintessential post-war British Noir. Ex-RAF pilot Trevor Howard is double-crossed by his black -marketeer boss. Once he breaks out of Dartmoor Prison, he seeks revenge. No holds barred in terms of brutality.

Trevor Howard gives one of his greatest performances as Clem, an ex-serviceman who is fed up after the War and drawn to the excitement of black-marketeering. His psychopathic, sadist gang boss, Narcy (Griffith Jones), betrays him when he refuses to deal in drugs, and the story becomes a breathtaking tale of revenge. The complex ending is not a trivial resolution, but lives up to the social consequences of this violent and disturbing film.