World for Ransom

In Cold War-era Singapore, an Irish expatriate/private eye (Dan Duryea) asked to look into the blackmailing of an old army buddy (Patric Knowles) uncovers a labyrinthine scheme involving the kidnap of a nuclear physicist and the threat of Armageddon for the city. Crackling film noir, directed by an uncredited Robert Aldrich and shot on the sets of Duryea's "China Smith" TV show, co-stars Reginald Denny, Gene Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, Douglass Dumbrille. 82 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.