A detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.A detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.A detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.
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Ron Foster
- Scott Harper
- (as Ronald Foster)
Patricia Blair
- Holly Taylor
- (as Pat Blair)
Douglas Henderson
- Barney
- (as Doug Henderson)
Eve Brent
- Officer Lucille Barron
- (uncredited)
Henry Darrow
- 2nd Mexican Policeman
- (uncredited)
Abel Franco
- 1st Mexican Policeman
- (uncredited)
Joseph Hamilton
- Dewey
- (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
- Joe Harris
- (uncredited)
Ted Knight
- Lt. Dan Ivers
- (uncredited)
Gregg Martell
- Mick Borden
- (uncredited)
Howard McLeod
- Kurt Romack
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThat big convertible driven by Holly Taylor (Pat Blair) is a 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Convertible. Only 2,044 were made of this car that weighed over 2.5 tons and was nearly 19 feet long (5.77 m). MSRP was $7,056 ($71,000 in 2022) In excellent condition in 2022 an example of this car could be worth over $100,000.
The plumber's van is a 1960 Chevrolet C-10 Apache Panel Van. The big white car rented by Det. Scott Harper (Ron Foster) is a 1960 Mercury Montclair Sedan.
- GoofsAs pointed out by Eddie Muller on TCM's "Noir Alley": When Ron Foster is coaching Pat Blair in the motel room on how to avoid the police, he pushes her out the window. She lands outside in a completely different dress.
- ConnectionsReferences I Confess (1953)
Featured review
OK Little B-Flick
Ten years earlier this programmer would likely have been a noir. As is, it's a pretty good little crime drama. Detective Harper is a violence prone cop, probably why he doesn't get promoted. And being a cop appears his whole life; that is, until he meets spider woman Holly who's connected to a jewel heist that Harper's investigating. Well, one thing leads to another, and soon he's caring more about her than solving the crime. Still, he's a sharp cookie in covering his tracks, especially now that he's got Holly and a bead on the jewels, and maybe a new carefree life away from an unappreciative detective bureau.
The principals do pretty well in their roles, while I couldn't help noticing a resemblance between actor Foster and the better known Tony Curtis. The screenplay does a pretty good job tracking Harper's absorption into the cage of evil. However, veteran budget director Cahn adds little to the filming. One story change I think would have deepened things is that of giving Harper a home life, maybe a wife. That way his down-spiral would have had a tragic dimension as well as being an unfortunate tale of woe.
Anyway, the flick's better than I expected without being anything special.
The principals do pretty well in their roles, while I couldn't help noticing a resemblance between actor Foster and the better known Tony Curtis. The screenplay does a pretty good job tracking Harper's absorption into the cage of evil. However, veteran budget director Cahn adds little to the filming. One story change I think would have deepened things is that of giving Harper a home life, maybe a wife. That way his down-spiral would have had a tragic dimension as well as being an unfortunate tale of woe.
Anyway, the flick's better than I expected without being anything special.
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- dougdoepke
- Mar 25, 2019
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Diamantia poukryvan to thanato
- Filming locations
- 10920 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, California, USA(Cherry's Motel)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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