Raw Deal

Raw Deal

Bullets! Women! -- Can't Hold a Man Like That!

1948 · 79 min · ★ 6.7 · Crime, Thriller

Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...

Directed by Anthony Mann · Written by Leopold Atlas

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