Wrapped around a taut whodunit, this groundbreaking, Oscar-nominated film from director Edward Dmytryk explores the topic of anti-Semitism. A jaded homicide detective (Robert Young) must get to the bottom of a savage -- and ostensibly motiveless -- killing, with the chief suspect a pie-eyed soldier who fled the scene of the crime. Army Sgt. Peter Keeley (Robert Mitchum) teams with the gumshoe to flush out the murderer in his ranks.