A ripped-from-the-headlines, cheap and seemingly simple abduction movie turns into quite the twisted story - meanwhile the kidnapper (Ralph Meeker) is caught and gets shanghaied into a prison break by unusual means - eventually heading back towards the scene of the original crime. After a humdrum start, things get more intriguing once Broderick Crawford and the other jailbirds appear. Throughout the story, the monotonous tones of the FBI procedural narrator inject themselves into the proceedings slightly jarringly as do some brutal scenes of violence (or implied violence). This B-movie, with its overall variety of styles, action, and locales, a slightly-above-average score, plus the familiar faces and tough-guy acting from some noir stalwarts like Ralph Meeker, Broderick Crawford and William Talman, satisfies quite well by the end. A solid flick.