This film begins with a crowd gathering around the body of a young man lying dead on a busy sidewalk in Atlantic City. The camera then zooms upon an attractive blonde in the crowd who turns and walks away just as the police arrive. The scene then shifts to a private detective in Portland named "Derek Lindor" (Ed Marinaro) being asked by a client to locate an attractive blonde by the name of "Mary Dannon" (Cheryl Ladd) who has recently moved there. And in order to help him in his search, he gives him a picture-which just happens to be of the same attractive blonde in Atlantic City. One thing leads to another and soon Derek locates Mary and informs his client that she is working as a taxi dancer at a local nightclub. Not long afterward, his client is murdered and this results in Derek investigating the situation even further. But what he doesn't realize is that he is soon to become a target as well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, considering the noir setting and the focus on Mary's choice of employment, I believe it would have been much better if the film had taken place in the 30's when taxi dancing was popular--rather than 60 years later when it's virtually extinct. Likewise, I would also have preferred a bit more action or suspense as well. That being said, while I don't feel like this was a bad film necessarily, for the reasons just mentioned everything seemed a bit out-of-place and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.
