Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him to achieve his end. Beal convinces hesitating Foster by dint of easy money, easy sex with an alluring young woman and the promise of easy success. Joseph Foster soon becomes an influential politician but a corrupt one. A minister of God manages to show him that he has been the plaything of the so-called Nick Beal, who might be "Old Nick" , that is to say Satan himself. Foster then decides to resign and to become an honest man again.
2025年1月15日。人数少，豆瓣未开分。 神神鬼鬼玄幻烂电影，不值得浪费时间观看。 代号尼克的，竟然是鬼神！简直浪费时间。本以为是黑色，悬疑类型，结果是玄幻的反映当权者利欲熏心的电影。
开始以为看政治阴谋 丑闻 最后直接演变成宗教神话救赎 。。。
超现实黑片，欲望就是魔鬼。★★★☆
雷·米兰德
John Farrow和Ray Milland合作的又一部Noir，像这样在黑色电影框架里加入超自然元素讲个警世故事还挺少见的。Milland把这个撒旦式角色的神秘性保持得很好，黑暗中浮现的身影隐隐控制着每个角色的生活。“或许魔鬼也知道在二十世纪该怎样行事。”