Criminals Within

Murder stalks an Army base where foreign agents are after a chemical formula. Eric Linden, Ann Doran, Constance Worth. Harmon: Donald Curtis. Paul: Ben Alexander. Blake: Weldon Heyburn. Cobbler: I. Stanford Jolley. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis., Talented B-picture director Joseph H. Lewis wasn’t yet in the “auteur” class when he helmed the PRC quickie Criminals Within. Eternal juvenile Eric Linden plays Greg, an Army draftee accused of stealing a top-secret document. Escaping from the stockade, Greg tries to clear himself by exposing the real criminal, who turns out to be a foreign spy. He is aided in this endeavor by intrepid girl reporter Linda, played by the talented Ann Doran in one of her few feature-film starring assignments. The “gimmick” in Criminals Within is a dangerous new explosive formula-and this was four years before Hiroshima!