Three on a Ticket

A private investigator Mike Shayne (Hugh Beaumont) knew ten years ago walks into his office and drops dead, shot in the chest. He's got a piece of a baggage claim. After the police clear the corpse out, Louise Currie comes in, asks Beaumont to get her escaped-convict ex-husband off her back, hopefully by shooting him, kisses him, and leaves. Soon the police and the FBI are on Beaumont's back about a mysterious set of plans stolen presumably for resale to an unnamed foreign government.

There are lots of swerves in Sam Newfield's last movie directed for PRC. It moves at a good clip, which serves to cover up the holes and obvious red herrings in Fred Myton's typically ham-handed script. It's based on Brett Halliday's novel THE CORPSE CAME CALLING. A good cast, Jack Greenhalgh's camerawork in a good print, and good location shooting also help. With Cheryl Walker, Ralph Dunn, Douglas Fowley, and Brooks Benedict.