Richard Coogan

Dana Andrews turns in a delightfully tough performance as a cowboy wrongly accused of killing his former fiancee's brother. An angry lynch mob strings him up, but rather than killing him, they let him loose to prove his innocence. Noose-scarred, he turns coldblooded and hunts down the real killer.

After framing incorruptible vice squad detective Brandon (Richard Coogan), beautiful prostitute Carol (Mamie Van Doren) teams up with him to take down her crooked boss, Malone (Brad Dexter), whose wretched right-hand man (Barry Atwater) brutally raped her younger sister (Carol Nugent). In the hopes of restoring his good name, Brandon furiously attempts to destroy Malone's criminal empire by beating him at his own game.

Dana Andrews turns in a delightfully tough performance as a cowboy wrongly accused of killing his former fiancee's brother. An angry lynch mob strings him up, but rather than killing him, they let him loose to prove his innocence. Noose-scarred, he turns coldblooded and hunts down the real killer.

Dana Andrews turns in a delightfully tough performance as a cowboy wrongly accused of killing his former fiancee's brother. An angry lynch mob strings him up, but rather than killing him, they let him loose to prove his innocence. Noose-scarred, he turns coldblooded and hunts down the real killer.