Special Features: Introduction by Eddie Muller

As the classic noir era waned, director Samuel Fuller came out blasting with the first of a series of wildly original crime thrillers. This one starts as a pulpy policier, with a pair of L.A. cops (Glenn Corbett and James Shigeta) hunting the killer of an exotic dancer in Little Tokyo. It twists into a heated romantic triangle, with both cops falling for a key witness (Victoria Shaw). A rare film to explore the Nisei experience in America, it features a compassionate take on the Japanese-born cop's torment at falling for a Caucasian woman. As usual, Fuller's kinetic inspirations sometimes collide with stilted exposition - watch out for flying shrapnel. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR/SCR/PROD Samuel Fuller. U.S., 1959, b&w, 82 min. NOT RATED