Review of One Way Street

I kept asking myself what and why James Mason playing a doctor was doing with a bunch of hoodlums instead of working in a mainstream State hospital or working in private practice.This point was never satisfactorily explained.He was far too sophisticated for this role and producers normally cast actors who play struck off doctors usually with an alcohol problem.As my summary suggests why did he at the end return for a face to face meeting with the hoodlums with the $200.000 intact? It was a neat trick to hide the revolver in the briefcase below the stolen money but what made him think he would have the time to reach for it, weren't the hoodlums going to kill him on sight in accordance with their oath?The female lead was attractive and thrived on sight in the Mexican setting.The Mexican bandidos were stereotypical/almost cartoonish Hollywood from the 1940s.I always like seeing Dan Duryea playing the "baddy" in films, he certainly got a lot of practice.William Conrad in his earlier roles played gangsters e.g, "The Killers" (1946) with Burt Lancaster but in later years played "Cannon" a private investigator.I was disappointed by the demise of James Mason's character at the end but as usual the 1950s Hollywood morality code would not allow criminals to profit from their crimes and I awarded it 6/10