Iconoclastic director Nicholas Ray helmed this unusual film noir musical based on the life of Dixie Davis, the lawyer for mob boss Dutch Schultz who later turned informant. Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, and Lee J. Cobb star. In 1930s Chicago, a talented young lawyer becomes involved with a powerful racketeering outfit. When he falls in love with a beautiful dancer, he informs on the Mob in order to protect her.