After an argument with his newspaper's city editor, press-photographer Jimmy Hudson quits his job and takes up free-lancing as a street-photographer for a living. He stumbles across the robbing of a jewelry store and takes a picture of one of the robbers as he is leaving the scene-of-the-crime in which murder has also been committed.
Is it worth the watch? If you have an hour to kill and a soft spot for 1930s-style quickies where everyone talks like they’re being chased by a deadline, yes. It’s perfect for a rainy afternoon. If you’re looking for something that rewrites the book on suspense, you’ll probably find this too predictable or just plain d...
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"Is it worth the watch? If you have an hour to kill and a soft spot for 1930s-style quickies where everyone talks like they’re being chased by a deadline, yes. It’s perfect for a rainy afternoon. If you’re looking for something that rewrites the book on suspense, you’ll probably find this too predictable or just plain dull. Jimmy Hudson is the kind of guy who quits his job on a whim because the editor poked his ego. We’ve all been there, right? But instead of job hunting, he ends up snapping pho..."
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