
“In a town this bad, it's no use being good.”
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if he doesn't prove the truth.
This is a sun-baked, sleazy neo-noir where desperation festers beneath a veneer of cheap glamour. It feels like a hazy, smoke-filled dream where every choice leads deeper into a morally bankrupt labyrinth.














