Hell Bound - 1957 - 6/10

The heist unwinds like clockwork. The castaway, the doctor, the nurse.
Military brass won’t know until too late, opiates for injured troops have been lifted.
Street value = 250K. Dreams for druggies, green for smart men. Whatya say?
Sure enough, it’s only a pitch to “investment bankers” from the smooth hustler in a cheap suit.
What could go wrong? Damn near everything.
B-Noir will appeal to buffs of the genre who will nitpick and dissect throughout.
Many scenes involve lengthy tracking shots, clearly meant to pad the film to an hour.
Fine Les Baxter score, often mondo interesto, other times having no bearing whatsoever on the plot.
John Russell, usually in Westerns, owns this one. Smiling, ruthless, violent.
One of my favorite padded sequences involves the burlesque club. Split, Jack.