u/AlienOnCoffee

Calling All Sleuths - Need Help Identifying a Film

Trying to identify an old black-and-white film noir/crime picture from a half-remembered scene.

A man is being pursued through a railway yard at night and hides beneath a stationary freight car/boxcar. The pursuer realises where he is, kicks away a supporting block/chock, and the carriage collapses onto him. The death is mostly implied — the trapped man screams, then we see the boxcar drop in a wide shot.

Very noir atmosphere: shadowy rail yard, probably late-40s or early-50s. I think it was more of a gangster/crime story than a wartime or espionage story.

Does this ring a bell for anyone? I've searched through a lot of films but cannot find the bloody thing.

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u/AlienOnCoffee — 2 days ago