Brooklyn fishermen Jonah Goodwin and Olaf Johnson are threatened by extortionist gangster Harold Goff, who demands "protection" money of $5 a week. Jonah's daughter Stella falls in love with Goff, but Goff learns that Jonah plans to finance Stella's $190 trip to Cuba aboard an ocean liner. Knowing that Jonah has the money, Goff demands it from him. At a bath house, Jonah and Olaf plot to kill Goff. They lure him onto their boat, but Olaf loses his nerve and cannot kill Goff. However, Goff falls into the water and drowns. An inquest reveals that Goff was wanted for crimes in five cities. Jonah and Olaf recover the extorted money from Goff's wallet, which had been left on their boat.
| MPAA Rating: | NR |
| Genre: | Crime, Film Noir, Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Romance |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke |
| Directed By: | Anatole Litvak |
| Written By: | Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Robert Rossen, Irwin Shaw |
| Cast: | Thomas Mitchell, Ida Lupino, Aline MacMahon, George Tobias, Jack Mower, Herbert Heywood, Charles Sherlock, Jimmy Conlin, Creighton Hale, John Qualen, Charles C. Wilson, Jay Eaton, Alec Craig, Bernard Gorcey, Charles Drake, Richard Kipling, Frank Darien, Barbara Pepper, Garland Smith, Alexander Leftwich, Odette Myrtil, Mayta Palmera, Jack Wise, Max Hoffman Jr., Leo Gorcey, Frank Mayo, Robert Homans, John Garfield, Walter Tetley, Billy Wayne, Murray Alper, Paul Harvey, Eddie Graham, Eddie Albert, Frank Coghlan Jr., Jerome Cowan |
| In Theaters: | Jun 14, 1941 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| Production: | Warner Bros. |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |