I'm a real fan of this one, and quite a fan of Jeff Chandler as well. I'm hoping it gets the bluray treatment from Kino -- or somebody -- and it certainly would have fit in well with the boxing series currently airing on the Criterion Channel. The fact that a couple of Pevney films have been recently reissued gives me hope on the former.
The story has plausibility, a mild-mannered galoot outside of the ring who becomes a maniacal, two-fisted killer inside of it based on an incident earlier in his life. Chandler plays it well and has good support from Evelyn Keyes and Stephen McNally (good heavens, was McNally in every noir film between 1950-56?)
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