It was shot by cinematographer John Alton with sets designed by the art director Edward L.

Pat does not want Joe to go back to Ann, so she lies about the call, saying it was from the hotel desk clerk asking about their checkout time.

After boarding a ship, Joe attempts to convince Pat that they can start a new life in South America together.

A gunfight erupts with Rick and Joe shooting each other and inadvertently starting a fire.

Mortally wounded and lying in the street, Joe dies in Ann's arms as Pat looks on.

[2] When the film was released, New York Times critic Bosley Crowther panned it.

"But this, of course, is a movie—and a pretty low-grade one, at that—in which sensations of fright and excitement are more diligently pursued than common sense...Except for the usual moral—to wit, that crime does not pay—the only thing proved by this picture is that you shouldn't switch sweethearts in mid-lam.