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A rare film noir w/an African American lead, John Kitzmiller, from 1948. Kitzmiller is a GI in Italy who comes in contact w/a travelling woman, Carla Del Poggio, & they hit it off as they spend the night hanging out but Del Poggio has ties to some criminal elements who when they get wind of who Kitzmiller is decide to jump him as he's transporting goods in a truck. The military, assuming he had something to do w/the crime, put Kitzmiller in jail while Del Poggio tries to curry favor w/the head crook to help him out. Kitzmiller escapes from jail hoping to reach Del Poggio but as the dictum of film noir dictates, only bad comes from trying to do something good. Raw & rough w/its edges unshaved, the film pulls the viewer along for this uneasy ride which if you watch enough of these things, you can see the ending from a mile off & we're all the better for it.