DEAD RECKONING (1947) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - John Cromwell

Written by - Oliver H.P. Garrett, Steve Fisher, Allen Rivkin, Gerald Drayson Adams, Sidney Biddell

Starring - Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovski, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller, Wallace Ford

"A soldier runs away rather then getting his Medal of Honor, and his friend gets permission to investigate on his disappearance. The usual sexual tension and charismatic performance by Bogart is lost in a not so original plot and a brute direction that makes the seemingly simple plot confusing and contorted."

Noir, USA