"Jacques Tourneur at work in color on Western landscapes is something to behold. The credits roll over a matte of a damp day in Portland (slanting rooftops, a ship’s half-seen mast, boards over a muddy street) that’s practically a Grafstrm, the Oregon Trail that follows is finely-drawn watercolor. The nascent commune of Jacksonville would be Fordian, except that Dana Andrews’ ...
A fugitive is holed up in a foreign country.
San Francisco wealthy socialite Cathy Mallory is entranced by the music of a nightclub pianist, Dan Evans, who is blind. He is bitter and resents a potential lady bountiful's attempt to become his patron saint.
Next time she's at the club, bandleader Chick Morgan informs her that Dan has quit. Cathy arranges to meet him on a public beach as if by coincidence and introduces hers...
