Once I trusted a dame... now I Walk Alone
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
bootlegger
new york city
release from prison
based on play or musical
film noir
black and white
double cross
former best friend
retribution
nightclub owner
handshake
nightclub singer
moral reformation
former partner
accounting fraud
greedy man
payback
former gangster
corrupt businessman
betrayed by a friend
man out of time
verbal agreement
signed confession