Tailor Jonah Goodwin (Thomas Mitchell) and lowly cook Olaf Johnson (John Qualen) are saving their money to go in as partners on a large fishing boat and make a long-desired career change.
One night, small-time gangster Harold Goff (John Garfield) bullies them into paying him five dollars a week and then has them sign a document saying the money is repayment on a loan. When Jonah's self-centered daughter Stella (Ida Lupino) takes up with Goff, the pair decide to do away with him.
| Director: | Anatole Litvak |
| Cast: | John Garfield, George Tobias, John Qualen, Aline MacMahon, Thomas Mitchell |
| Writer(s): | Robert Rossen, Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay |