It’s unusual to encounter a film where the narration—intended to offer comfort that the government has things under control—doesn’t grate on you too much. Dick Powell narrates, playing Treasury Agent "Barrows" in this fairly typical story about drug smuggling. The law is aware that illegal narcotics are entering the country, spreading across the nation from California, but they're unsure of how it's happening. A larg…

This is a remarkably well-crafted adult crime drama. To The Ends of the Earth comes from director Robert Stevenson and screenwriter Jay Richard Kennedy. The cast includes Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Maylia, Ludwig Donath, and Vladimir Sokoloff; George Duning handled the music, and Burnett Guffey was in charge of cinematography. Dick Powell portrays Treasury Agent Commissioner Michael Barrows, who finds himself pu…