A B-picture but an RKO "B" so it's done with class and there's some names associated with it - a young Anthony Mann working his way up was the director, the star was Tom Conway who's a personal fave, and his female lead is Ann Rutherford from the Andy Hardy films. Jane Greer is in the support cast.
Rutherford was so likeably in the Hardy movies I'm surprised she never became a bigger name, though she did tend to overact. She's a cab driver (hello WW2 feminism) nwho picks up amnesiac Tom Conway. It stars off moody and more recogniseably Anthony Mann but becomes lighter There's a wisecreacking cop, Rutherford is an ex actress who pretends to be a reporter, Conway pretends to be a reporter. The dead person is a Broadway producer.
I loved Conway in the Val Lewton films. In a more conventional leading man part he doesn't have the lightness and humour of his brother George Sanders. He's still a solid B star - just doesn't have the twinkle. He's really most effecitve as a second lead I think.
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