Jan Sterling had a Disappointing B-Movie/TV Career Considering.
The Fact that He Displayed On-Screen a Good-Looking, Psychopath,
that Slapped, Punched, Shot, Killed, and Sadistically Dominated Anyone that Crossed His Path.
He Could Con Women into His Life of Brutality, Abuse Them and Abandon Them in a Blink-of-Eye.
Men were even Less of an Effort for the Alpha-Male
Here All of that "Charm" is on Full-Display and He Dominates and Steals the Show from the Get-Go.
Marla English is His Latest Gang-Co-Hort.
While She is in Full-Control of Her Femme-Fatale, She is a Slave-Subservient to the Rage..
Ben Cooper is the Christ to the Anti-Christ Leader.
Handsome, Clean-Cut and a Light to the Darkness that is His Counterpart. He Always Does the Right Thing.
Nick Adams is Reduced to a Bennie-Inhaler Addict.
That Does Take a Stand Behind Sterling's Back in the End.
Joan Evans is the Headliner, a Freckle -Faced Cutie who Shows-Up Late and Manages some Screen-Time as a Feisty Hostage.
Everyone Takes a Back-Seat in this Ignored Effort from the Door-Closing Studio,
to the Cynical Dialog, Violence, and the Noirsh Fatality of it All.
Here's a Quote that Sums it ..."He (Sterling) Shot-Gunned 20 Squirrels Today for Practice." Blowing their Heads-Off would Make "Tommy Udall" Proud.
So Jan Sterling Never Made the Big-Time Like Richard Widmark,
but the Evidence in this Little Movie says Maybe He Should Have and got Some A-List Work.
He would Live a Long-Life. Died at the Age of 94.
Note...The contrive ending is a tacked-on "Code Pleaser" that is a confusing and a bow to the "sanctity" of the Judicial System.