Mary Beth Hughes

Las Vegas Shakedown -- Las Vegas Shakedown

Inner Sanctum -- A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.

This compelling Western follows murderer Pete Black (John Payne) as he and five other convicts escape and forcefully commandeer a wagon train of devout settlers, headed by preacher Jacob Karns (Dennis O'Keefe), while they make the dangerous trek to California. Pete stops other cons from stealing the pioneers' money, attracting the attention of widow Rose Billings (Arleen Whelan), and contemplates reforming when the journey's end leads to crisis.

Ray Milland ("The Lost Weekend") and Gene Tierney ("The Razor's Edge") are a childless couple who adopt a baby, only to discover that its father was a murderer. This sentimental tale has a happy ending as nurture proves more important than nature.