In a town this bad, it's no use being good.
After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feeling like he were owed something for his loss of time, he proceeds to get himself involved in a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than he imagined.
based on novel or book
kidnapping
cigarette
femme fatale
scam
writer
framed for a crime
set up
temptation
newspaper reporter
ransom demand
rich daughter
neo-noir
rich wife
investigative reporter
sucker
kidnapping gone wrong
all evidence points to protagonist