[Inspector Abberline]

What turned out to be Bogeys last film,is not one of his best performances, (apparently he was ill with cancer while filming,which had affected his voice) but its one of my favourite films from his latter period.Also it makes a great double feature with The Night and the City,in that it does share a few familiar themes and both look at corruption within the sports field.
Although Richard Widmark's character in Night And The City is the coniving spiv,Bogart's Sportswriter Eddie Willis is just along for the pay check while crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko played by a youngish Rod Steiger is lining up the next fixed fight.In the middle of all this is Toro Moreno (Mike Lane).A slow and dim witted boxer who believes he is gonna be the next champion,its the realisation by Toro that he's not the boxer he thought he was that gives the film its most poignant moments. There's also a great moment where Bogart's character watches a TV clip of old ex boxers which highlight's how badly treated they were.
According to Steiger Bogey had to do some reshoots of certain scenes,which were probably illness related although Rod Stieger was'nt aware of this at the time,and its not Bogart;s strongest performace but certainly a worthy one.