A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster's bookkeeper. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped.


Is it worth your time? If you like old-school Warner Bros. crime dramas where the plot moves faster than the characters can think, yeah, watch it. If you need deep psychological realism or don't like movies that feel like they were written on a cocktail napkin during a lunch break, you’ll probably find it silly. Bette...


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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school Warner Bros. crime dramas where the plot moves faster than the characters can think, yeah, watch it. If you need deep psychological realism or don't like movies that feel like they were written on a cocktail napkin during a lunch break, you’ll probably find it silly. Bette Davis is the only reason this thing holds water. She plays a reporter who gets fed up and decides to tackle tax fraud, which is the kind of career shift that only happens in movie..."
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