Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Dead Reckoning (1947)

 Humphrey Bogart puts war buddy William Prince up for the Congressional Medal of Honor. At first Prince's reticencse seems born of (false?) humility, but when he learns he is to recieve the award the man takes a powder. Turns out the guy had enlisted under an assumed name, and the trouble he had been running away from three years previous is again close on his heals. Bogart sets out to solve the mystery and encounters Prince's old love Lizabeth Scott and learns Prince was suspected of murder. Some fun supporting characters, I particularly liked the safe cracker. Didn't love the ending. Set largely on the Gulf cost.  **1/2

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