The Man Who Cheated Himself
Blinded by love, homicide lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb) goes to great lengths to cover up a murder. His coquettish girlfriend Lois (Jane Wyatt) has killed her scheming husband before he could bump her off. John Dall costars as Ed's kid brother Andy, a rookie on the force who is determined to break his first big case. These accomplished actors are nearly eclipsed by the incandescent star power of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. In the hardboiled film noir tradition, greed, unstoppable sexual attraction, and betrayal, set off a doomed course in which a femme fatale leads a once upstanding citizen down a dark path.