First UK DVD release of this 1940 mystery from RKO Pictures, identified as the picture that began one of the greatest movements in cinema history; film noir. A young reporter, Mike Ward (John McGuire) stumbled upon a murder victim and identifies a nervous cabbie (Elisha Cook Jr) as the person he saw previously arguing with the dead man. On the strength of Mike s testimony, the cabbie is convicted. Mike however is haunted by the the knowledge that he may have sent an innocent man to the electric chair for murder and that means the real maniac is still on the loose! These doubts increase when he runs into a creepy psycho played by Peter Lorre. Things take a turn for the worse when another murder is committed, a murder which may point, ironically enough, back to Mike.... SHE LOVES A MAN...WHO ALMOST DREAMS HIMSELF INTO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR! Starring: Peter Lorre, John McGuire and Ilisha Cook Jr