Mr. Soft Touch

Come home from World War II to find himself muscled out of his nightclub ownership stake, gambler Joe Miracle (Glenn Ford) opts to get even by robbing the place of $100,000. When he chooses to lay low at social worker Jenny Jones' (Evelyn Keyes) settlement house, however, Miracle finds her charitable nature getting the better of his impulses. Unusual "sentimental noir" co-stars John Ireland, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Clara Blandick. 93 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.