Part of Lawrence Tierney's short lived stint as a star. Here is is a reformed con, a war hero no less, with a gal and comic relief plump sidekick who uses his old contacts to help a beloved reformist warden whose reformist program is threatened by genuine crim Barton MacLane.
The movie feels like a sequel to a more interesting film, of Tierney going to prison, being a crook who reforms and then becomes a war hero. There's too much of this annoying warden and not enough bang bang. Gordon Douglas directs well enough; it's an RKO B but they did good Bs so the production values are fair. Tierney isn't as effective as a hero compared to his performances as baddies but there's lots of actors you could say that about.
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