The two main producers for Eagle Lion were Edward Small and Bryan Foy. Small enjoyed a big success paying tribute to the Treasury Department with T Men, which presumably inspired Foy to come up with his own tribute. Like T Men it’s the story of an undercover investigator who helps best a counterfeiting ring – although in this case the bloke going undercover is a former counterfeiter (Lloyd Bridges, in an early leading role – young face but the voice is as raspy as ever). Then there’s another twist in that Bridges runs away from his secret service agent – he’s still a baddie. And he sets about trying to reignite his baddie life, including an old flame (Hollywood girl around town and later prostitute, Barbara Payton). But luckily there’s someone else going undercover, a treasury man pretending to be a gangster.
Yet again the goodies are very bland, but this is a taunt, enjoyable little thriller. I liked seeing Bridges as a gangster and there’s enough plot twists – such as the protagonist shifting half way through the film from being Bridges to the cop - to make up for the fact those twists aren’t that original.
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