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| Wendell Corey | ... |
Chet Chester
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| Evelyn Keyes | ... |
Donna Williams
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| Elsa Lanchester | ... |
Lida O'Reilly
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| Marie Windsor | ... |
Rose
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| Nancy Gates | ... |
Sally Lee
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Leonard Strong | ... |
Ippy
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| Jesse White | ... |
Tubby Otis
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Philip Ahn | ... |
Roger Kong
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Robert Shield | ... |
Frank
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Clair Widenaar | ... |
Jamison
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Robert Costa | ... |
'Slim' Novak
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| Keye Luke | ... |
Chief Dan
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A woman who believes her missing husband is in prison in Hawaii on a murder charge travels there to see if it actually is him. However, he escapes before she sees him, when he hears that his current girlfriend has been murdered. The wife searches the slum area of Honolulu known as Hell's Half Acre for him, he searches for his girlfriend's killer, and his gangland associates are looking for the two of them. Written by [email protected]
This little gem of a film noir B movie is about a woman trying to track down her long lost husband in Hawaii after the War (WWII) where he was supposed to have died. In the process she finds herself in the middle of an underworld power struggle. Beautifully filmed in Hawaii with Ms. Keyes really working those facial expressions, as she tended to do. The film is tight, cynical and at times redeeming. Just a good little film.