在这部四海本色悬疑/惊悚/犯罪/运动/黑色电影片中,哈瑞（理查德·威德马克 Richard Widmark 饰）是一名卑微的皮条客，然而，他从来都没有满足于现状过，而是不断地想找到能够发家致富的门道。一次偶然中，哈瑞结识了名叫乔治（Stanislaus Zbyszko 饰）的摔跤运动员，两人一拍即合，决定组织一场摔跤比赛以谋取暴利。
哈瑞找来了当红摔跤手史瑞乐（Mike Mazurki 饰）对阵乔治的手下尼古拉斯（Ken Richmond 饰），一时间，这场巅峰对决成为了当地人人乐道的传奇。哈瑞的高调惹恼了垄断当地摔跤比赛收益的黑帮，除此之外，乔治的儿子也对哈瑞表示了强烈的不满，与此同时，酒吧老板菲力（Francis L. Sullivan 饰）亦想借此机会除掉这个和自己老婆海伦（乔姬·韦瑟斯 Googie Withers 饰）有一腿的无赖。一场意外的发生让乔治不幸去世，也让哈瑞惹上了杀身之祸。
Harry Fabian is a London hustler with ambitious plans that never work out. One day, when he encounters the most famous Greco-Roman wrestler in the world, Gregorius, at a London wrestling arena run by his son Kristo, he dreams up a scheme that he thinks will finally be his ticket to financial independence. As Fabian attempts to con everyone around him to get his scheme to work, he of course only ends up conning himself. This is an interesting tale of blind ambition, self-deception, broken dreams, and how a man who always thinks he's ahead of the game ends up tripping himself very badly.
剧本写得真好。Night and Twilight。四海本色。TRIUMPH OF FILM NOIR!!!。伦敦桥头的聚会。黑夜中被追赶的人。电影是一出创业未半中道崩的悲剧。每个人都是无辜的。黑夜中的黑色宿命。杯具。
