WHISTLE STOP(1946)
In the set: 100 Greatest Mystery Classics

This is a bleak movie that I really didn't care
for! Not horrible, just no fun! C-

A review from IMDb.com:

George Raft and Ava Gardner seem like a surefire
hit but somehow it just doesn't turn out that way.
The relationship between the two seems contrived.
I think there may have been screen writing problems
or something. Taking a decent plot and a good idea
for a story and weighing it down and forcing it.
It always seemed like there was something missing.
But have no fear, Victor McLaghlin saves the show.
His character is not only the only one that is
interesting enough to care about but McLaghlin
gives a really wonderful performance and one well
worth watching. I wish the entire movie had been
about him with Raft and Gardner as the peripheral
characters.

Without Victor McLaghlin I give the film 3 or
maybe 4 out of 10 but his screen time brings
it up to a fairly solid 6 out
of 10. - Ace_Moonshot