She gained popularity earlier in the 1950s in B-movie film noirs released by Columbia Pictures, for which Moore was a contract player.

Gus Hilmer, a moneyed garage, property and junkyard owner, falls in love with and marries a showgirl named Julie who is many years younger than himself.

This causes tension between Hilmer and Frankie, Gus's young auto mechanic employee whom he has befriended, and treated like a son.

On a dark, remote road, Frankie runs down Gus with a car, killing him.

[1] Shown on the Turner Classic Movies show Noir Alley with Eddie Muller on September 4, 2022.