Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Keywords:
Small town
Gas station
Suppressed past
Gangster
Detective
Deaf-mute
Briefcase
Deception
Femme fatale
Partner
Film noir
Black and white
Double cross
Tax evasion
Framed for murder
Movie tag line: "OUT of the Sun, OUT of the Moonlight, OUT of the Past."
Character: Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
Character: Kathie Moffat
Character: Whit Sterling
Character: Joe Stephanos
Character: Ann Miller