Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film Noir
Keywords: tmdb.swamp, tmdb.guilt, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.compact, imdb.pond, imdb.younger-version-of-character, imdb.speeding-vehicle + 48 more, imdb.driving-in-the-rain, imdb.driving-at-night, imdb.reckless-driving, imdb.punched-in-the-face, imdb.pocket-knife, imdb.simpleton, imdb.sitting-on-a-bench, imdb.train-station, imdb.fiance-fiancee-relationship, imdb.looking-at-oneself-in-a-mirror, imdb.killing-in-self-defense, imdb.hanged-man, imdb.loss-of-father, imdb.grabbed-by-the-throat, imdb.kicking-a-dog, imdb.intergenerational-friendship, imdb.bludgeoned-to-death, imdb.hit-with-a-rock, imdb.hit-on-the-head-with-a-rock, imdb.silhouette, imdb.finding-a-dead-body, imdb.dragging-a-dead-body, imdb.action-revealed-in-shadow, imdb.childhood-flashback, imdb.general-store, imdb.title-appears-in-song, imdb.fairground, imdb.african-american, imdb.interracial-friendship, imdb.car-accident, imdb.boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, imdb.bullying, imdb.flashback, imdb.baby, imdb.doll, imdb.fistfight, imdb.church, imdb.hanging, imdb.small-town, imdb.strangulation, imdb.hangman, imdb.moonlight, imdb.dead-body, imdb.shadow, imdb.old-man, mdblist.fresh, tmdb.film-noir, awards.oscar-nominated
Production companies: Republic Pictures, Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions Inc., Marshall Grant
Country: United States
Languages:
English
