James Mason

Märta Torén

Dan Duryea

Basil Ruysdael

William Conrad

Rodolfo Acosta

King Donovan

Robert Espinoza

Tito Renaldo

Margarito Luna

Emma Roldán

George J. Lewis

Jack Elam

Rock Hudson

James Best

Nacho Galindo

Joe Dominguez

Paul Fierro

Freddie Letuli

Margarita Martín

Julia Montoya

Howard Negley

Steve Pendleton

Julian Rivero

Kenneth Tobey

O.Z. Whitehead

Hugo Fregonese

Lawrence Kimble

Leonard Goldstein

Maury Gertsman

Milton Carruth

Bernard Herzbrun

Alfred Ybarra

Russell A. Gausman

Ruby R. Levitt

Leslie I. Carey

Glenn E. Anderson

Orry-Kelly

Joan St. Oegger

Bud Westmore

David S. Horsley

Ernesto A. Romero

Frank Skinner

Olga Collings

Emile LaVigne

Howard Christie

Frank Shaw

John Brooks

Sherman Clark

Harry Davis

Russ Franks

Joan Joseff

Ethmer Roten

Adele Cannon

Crime

Drama

One Way Street

Universal International Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

I quite enjoyed James Mason's performance here as the calculating "Dr. Matson". He is frequently summoned to treat the hoodlums of gangster "Wheeler" (Dan Duryea) and during one such visit espies a bag, similar to his own, that contains $200,000 in stolen loot. After a bit of macho banter with his patient, he picks up the bag and makes for the door. He has given the boss some pills and any interference will prevent him from getting the antidote! This is the moment that moll "Laura" (Märta Torén) has been waiting for and she decides to abscond with the doctor. Their escape plan doesn't quite go to plan, though - a car and a plane accident - before they find themselves in a small town where his skills and their burgeoning love start to make them wonder if their master plan is still the best one. Meantime, though very much on the back burner, the mobsters are determined to avenge themselves on both of them. It does rather run out of steam with half an hour to go, and though the ending is actually quite fitting it was all just a little bit rushed and, I felt, frustrating! Still, there's some chemistry between the two and Basil Ruysdael's priest, a sick horse and some really lightweight banditos all play to the story quite well too. You'll probably not recall it afterwards, but it's a bit different.

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