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This hard boiled noirish short story is very much inspired by the ending of Angels with Dirty Faces.

Eddie White (Dick Powell) is surrounded by the police. There is nowhere to run.

Flashbacks show that he has checked in a crummy hotel, in a dead end town under the name of John Smith. He has gained the hostility of Chuck Stern. The hot headed teenage son of the hotel owner.

Only Eddie used to live here. He left 15 years ago and got notoriety. He became a gangster as a teenager. Now he is wanted man for murder.

As Eddie walked around town, Chuck follows him. Just what is his game and how much does he know. Chuck is sure Eddie is not John Smith, even hinting that he knows Eddie's surname is white.

The moral of the story is there is no way out for Eddie, maybe he could save Chuck before he too completely loses his way.

It all felt rather hokey and it also looked cheap. Maybe because it was meant to be crummy place but it felt too much like a studio backlot.