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(1953) Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Charles Bolender, Harry Bannister, Renee De Milo, Edith King, Steve McQueen. This sordid film-noir exploitation oddity is centered around a trashy burlesque carnival, which of course means lots of skimpily-dressed buxom beauties prancing about. A crusading anti-vice editor has been murdered and the cops think the killer is hiding at the carnival. Bolender, a real life dwarf, is wonderful as the seedy carnival owner; Coogan and Pettit are a young couple hiding from the cops; De Milo really struts her sexy stuff on stage; but it’s Edith King who nearly steals the show as the girls’ dressing room matron who knows more than she should. Ultra-cheap but ultra cool—we liked this film. Watch for Steve McQueen (his first movie) in a bit part at the four-minute mark. 35mm.
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