Asīoss, he gets admirable assistance from Bishop, who is finally responsible for his conviction. In this role Payne, who had adjusted to the hardening of his boyish facial features by switching to western and action pictures in the 1950s, registers most impressively in the later parts when he begins to age. In the rackets bring about his downfall and he is jailed for income tax evasion. His arrogance and brutal methods bring on calls for reform which lead nowhere until his ties with the mob The machine he builds is more powerful than the brother's, and soon, with the help of wartime buddy lawyer Bishop, he virtually controls the state. When the boss finds out about the misalliance, they fight, and the brother dies of a To get even, he grabs a stranger in a bar and convinces her to marry him.

He gets drunk and stands up his girl friend, who then gives him the thumb. Soldier Payne, made hard and ambitious by battle, returnsįrom WW I to the middle-class city where his brother is boss.

The rise and fall of a powerful political boss and the corroding influence of the mob on government are brutally portrayed in this honest, hard-hitting drama which sees perennial B-rated actor Payne in one of his finest portrayals.

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