Eyes of the Underworld

Richard Dix has done a good job of cleaning up the town as chief of police, but there's a new racket with wartime rationing: tires and other auto parts. He starting to work on it when Marc Lawrence is arrested and threatens to spill that he knew Dix when they were both jailbirds. Dix arranges for his peaceful escape, but Lawrence gets a gun, shoots his way out, and connects with the racketeers. And who's this auto salesman, Don Porter, who seems to be trying to make time with Dix's secretary and babysitter, Wendy Barrie.

Roy William Neill inserts a lot of noir elements in the last twenty minutes, then it turns into a guns-blazing gangster film. Lon Chaney Jr. Has a nice role as Dix's bodyguard who seems a little too enthusiastic under stress. With Lloyd Corrigan and Billy Lee.