Walk Alone (1947) Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas

Frankie Madison returns to New York after 14 years in prison. Noll Turner, Frankie s former partner in bootlegging, is now a wealthy nightclub manager, and Frankie is expecting him to honor a verbal 50:50 agreement they made when he was caught and Noll got away. Fat chance Can Frankie, who knows only the strongarm methods of Prohibition, win out against Big Business It ll be with the unlikely alliance of torch singer Kay (Noll s exgirlfriend).