This was a genuinely pleasing black-and-white crime movie, standing out because it incorporates elements from the story of the Count of Monte Cristo. Seeing Adele Jergens and Glenn Langan together is reason enough to watch; they have a palpable connection, which becomes even more interesting knowing that they married after working on this film—they’re quite attractive as a pair.

This seemed more promising on paper, but the effort to update (and transpose to an American setting) the Monte Cristo story didn’t quite work for me. Glenn Langan, giving a performance of limited range, takes on the part of “Edmund Dantes,” a contemporary sailor. He lands in San Francisco and immediately encounters some rough characters while intervening to save "Jean" (Adele Jergens). Comforting her results in a has…