In Center City, a housewife is murdered in a night-club by a gang of thieves. When a security guard of a bank is killed by the same gun during a heist, the crime becomes a federal offense under FBI jurisdiction. When the prime suspect is released and executed in the same night, FBI Inspector George Briggs (Lloyd Nolan) recruits the rookie agent Gene Cordell (Mark Stevens) to follow the last paths of the victim undercover in the identity of George Manly. Gene meets the powerful gangster Alec Stiles (Richard Widmark) in a gymnasium, and later he is invited to join his gang. Working with his also undercover liaison Cy Gordon (John McIntire), Gene finds evidences to incriminate Stiles. However, he discovers also that somebody from the precinct is feeding Stiles with classified information.
The beginning of "The Street with No Name" is frustrating, actually a FBI (and J. Edgar Hoover) propaganda in a documentary style. However, the development of the story is good, with great performances and a magnificent cinematography in black and white. The conclusion is also disappointing and totally unbelievable. Harry Kleiner spares Gene Cordell in a silly and unsatisfactory resolution of a suspenseful story. The plot would be credible is Gene was shot in the end. I do not understand why the genre "film-noir" is listed in IMDb for this typical police story. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Rua Sem Nome" ("Street Without Name")
The beginning of "The Street with No Name" is frustrating, actually a FBI (and J. Edgar Hoover) propaganda in a documentary style. However, the development of the story is good, with great performances and a magnificent cinematography in black and white. The conclusion is also disappointing and totally unbelievable. Harry Kleiner spares Gene Cordell in a silly and unsatisfactory resolution of a suspenseful story. The plot would be credible is Gene was shot in the end. I do not understand why the genre "film-noir" is listed in IMDb for this typical police story. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Rua Sem Nome" ("Street Without Name")