CrimeDrama

Flaxy Martin

- A girl with a heart of ice!

Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, he escapes, determined to bring the real killer to justice.

Release Date : 1949-02-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Flaxy Martin

Original Name : Virginia Mayo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Walter Colby

Original Name : Zachary Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nora Carson

Original Name : Dorothy Malone

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sam Malko

Original Name : Tom D'Andrea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peggy Farrar

Original Name : Helen Westcott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hap Richie

Original Name : Douglas Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roper

Original Name : Elisha Cook Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max, Detective

Original Name : Douglas Fowley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe, Detective

Original Name : Monte Blue

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caesar

Original Name : Jack Overman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles McMahon

Original Name : Max Wagner

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-12-12

It's not often you see Virginia Mayo play an unsavoury character but she does it quite well here as the eponymous and rather duplicitous character. She's the girlfriend of "Colby" (Zachary Scott). He is a lawyer. Deep down a decent one, but for most of the time he's in the pocket of the crooked "Hap" (Douglas Kennedy). When one of his gang is killed, "Flaky" looks like she's going to have to take the rap - but her paramour thinks he has the legal wits to argue himself out of the chair, so takes the blame himself. It's only when he is being tried that his erstwhile "friends" move the goalposts and he is set for twenty years. Not happy, he escapes his police guard on the train only to nearly be run down by "Nora" (Dorothy Malone) who nurses him back to health and who buys into his story of being framed and seeking lawful retribution. Now he has to get back to the city and, armed with a little more information, set things straight. Mayo is around at the start and the end, with the slightly soporific Malone filling the sandwich for the rest of the film, Elisha Cook Jr. is quite effective as the marauding henchman "Roper" and Scott, some dark photography and a decently paced drama work well to keep this interesting until a suitably fitting - if a little convenient - denouement.