![]() When Apple tells his mother that he is leaving to take a job in San Diego, she indignantly says that although she scrubs floors for a living, she is not a fool, but he asks her to believe him and she says she does. Meanwhile, Apple's mother interrupts him as he is packing to tell him that Muggles, Ruby and another gang member, "Magician," have come for him. Torno catches him on foot and subdues him. After eluding them by turning the wrong way up an exit ramp, Cowboy drives over an embankment. Torno and the police, who have followed Apple, surprise the gang, but Cowboy escapes in a stolen Jaguar and leads the police on a chase through Los Angeles streets and freeways. As Cowboy and the gang prepare to torch the Morrows' house with kerosene, Apple comes to the garage asking for money so that he can leave town. Ann becomes hysterical, yelling that the gang will slit their throats. At ten minutes to twelve, Cowboy phones Fred, who tells him to go to hell. Meanwhile, Torno goes to see Apple, whom he once arrested with Cowboy, but Apple denies being with Cowboy that day. ![]() When the police arrive, Fred expresses his anger. When a note tied to a rock is thrown through their living room window, Fred prepares to take his crying children and Ann to a motel, but they find that their car has been vandalized and the tires slashed. ![]() That evening, Cowboy phones and gives Fred until midnight to rip up the affidavit, or else, he says, his wife and children will die. Fred reports the incident to Torno, who arranges police protection for the Morrows. Muggles then pulls a gun on Ann, while Cowboy warns Fred to tear up the affidavit. The gang ram Fred and Ann in their car after they leave the supermarket and push them through an intersection, nearly causing an accident. Apple tries to talk Cowboy out of killing Fred, but Cowboy orders him to go away and keep his mouth shut. Cowboy calls Fred's home and learns from his young daughter that he and his wife Ann have gone to the supermarket. When Hurley follows, Cowboy knocks him over the head with a pipe, and they take Hurley's notebook and gun. While Hurley is making his neighborhood rounds, "Apple," an African-American member of the gang, and the only one who was visibly pained when Emelio was stabbed, attacks Ruby and takes her purse, then runs into an alley and hides. After Ruby relates that she saw police officer Hurley write down Fred's name and address, "Muggles," a beat-talking drug addict, comes up with a plan to get Hurley's notebook. At the gang's hangout in a garage, Cowboy becomes frantic when he learns from a newspaper article that Emelio has died and that the district attorney has a mystery witness. When none of the many neighborhood witnesses come forward to testify to the police, Fred steps forward and relates Emelio's dying words, "Cowboy did it." At police headquarters, Fred identifies Cowboy's mug shot to Detective Rafael Torno, who is fearful he will lose Fred's cooperation once he discovers the possible consequences of being the only witness to the murder. Tompkins, known as "Cowboy," who found Emelio dancing with his flirtatious girl friend, Ruby. While on the phone, he witnesses the fatal stabbing of Emelio Sanchez by gang leader William L. neighborhood and makes a phone call at a café frequented by teenagers. Newly remastered.Fred Morrow, a Los Angeles real estate agent, gets off the freeway in an East L.A. The twists and turns are break-neck, and fans of the genre will delight in this strange and wonderful example of the post-war film style where fate and chance are in the driver's seat. This relatively unknown noir film is the definition of a "B" picture, with little-known actors, and efficient (though somewhat absurd) plotting. Milton's wife and Larry are determined to prove Milton's innocence, but their continued investigations threaten his new life. Milton flees for the open road, and when he comes across a dead body, decides to steal the man's identity. he wakes up in Sally's apartment to find her dead, and the neighbors are pounding on the door. A few drinks too many one night, and poor Milton is in a spot. When his wife goes out of town, pal Larry (Jimmy Lloyd) seizes the chance to show Milton a good time, introducing him to the race track, and an attractive, appreciative Sally Guthrie (Helen Mowery). Henpecked husband Milton Higby (John Beal) is a nice enough fellow, but he daydreams about his novelty inventions while at work, and never seems to get ahead.
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