United States Treasury agents O'Brien (dEnnis O'Keefe) and Genaro infiltrate a counterfeiting ring which has some dangerously good paper. This undercover-secret-service-agents-infiltrate-counterfeiting-ring film is heavily dependent on exceptionally fine noir lighting and camera work under the direction of Albert Mann which help to maintain a high degree of tension, notwithstanding its pseudo-documentary format (complete with voice-over narrator) and somewhat stilted acting. Wallace Ford is positively slimy in the supporting role of Schemer, a hood-fallen-in-influence. Watch for One Step Beyond's John Newland appearing uncredited as Jackson Lee.
Film noir, Anthony Mann, Dennis O'Keefe, secret service, counterfeiting