Appointment with a Shadow
★ 5.7 · 1957 · 72m · Crime · Drama · Thriller
George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.
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