Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Thanks for the memories!

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Also love all the characters that show up on tv, in years to come Mr Drexler is Mr Drysedale on Beverly Hillbilly's As a car guy, great selection of cool 50's cars JT: Orlando

Great B flick. Love the location shooting. One error however. It's 9020 Jackson, not 2090. In earlier scene ship side, you'll catch the mistake in dialog concerning the address.. This film grew out of the TV series, Lineup, which also starred Warner Anderson and Tom Tully. Lineup was also tagged San Francisco Beat. In the TV series the detectives drove Fords. In the movie, they drove Plymouths.

Dear Don Seigel, your noir flick The Lineup works both as a police as well as a thieves procedural. The film begins with a bang as a car crashes into a policeman and then the driver crashes the car into a post. The police uncover a plot where heroin is placed in idols/curios brought home by unsuspecting tourists. Then the action shifts to Wallach and his mentor who arrive in town to recover the heroin from the tourists. I like the way you shot Eli Wallach's introduction scene with a dolly out of him reading a book about English grammar in a plane. But his role was a bit hard to digest. I mean why would they send a psycho like him to collect all the drugs? But it is all good far fetched entertainment. His creepy misogynistic mentor. Their alcoholic driver. The lonely housewife who falls for Wallach. The writer (Sterling Silliphant) really packed it in despite the movie's short length (82 minutes). The film mostly uses real life locations around San Francisco. I did not like the choice of camera angles during some of the tense moments like when Wallach threatens the Chinese servant at a house where he goes to recover the heroin. But the long car chase towards the end is worthy of a big budget film. Overall, a nice little noir, Don. Best Regards, Pimpin. (7/10)

HAVING EMERGED AS a top network Police Procedural, this version made the move to the big screen in a most s-m-o-o-t-h manner. It was as if it were an extended episode of "THE LINEUP" (aka SAN FRANCISCO BEAT) TV Series. The only thing missing was the character of Inspector Matt Greb (Tom Tully).AS FOR THIS feature film started, we were kept in the dark as some mysterious and complex theft which turned into a car chase, an armed robbery and a double homicide; with the murder of a uniformed Cop and his return fire killing the responsible cab driver.THE PRODUCTION TEAM manages to slowly unfold and reveal the true nature of this criminal enterprise and introduces a number of plausible suspects; as well as some very nasty facilitators. With Eli Wallach, Robert Keith and Richard Jaeckel.WITH THE FILMING being done in the beautiful and nearly surreal hilly landscape of San Francisco, the writer, Stirling Silliphant, skillfully blends in the maritime trade, merchant marine, sea travel and narcotics smuggling. The complexity of such an investigation is showcased by the involvement of other agencies. A sense of unity and service to the greater good of the public by the cooperation of the SFPD with the United States Customs and the Coast Guard.AS WE STATED before, the transition of the characters and setting of THE LINEUP TV Series was a skillfully accomplished as any; but that is not the film's only legacy. Its outstanding scribe, writer Stirling Silliphant, was the main writer on the NAKED CITY TV Series (Screen Gems/Shelle Prod./ABC TV, 1958-63). This means that THE LINEUP was directly ancestral to the NAKED CITY Series.SO, HOW'S THAT, Schultz? We bet that you sure didn't think that we'd bring genealogy into the discussion! EXTRA!! BULLETIN!! BREAKING NEWS!! WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM!!OUR CONGRATULATIONS to THE LINEUP (Columbia/Pajemer Prod., 1958) for its being our 1,000th review here at IMDb.com. This should never have taken us so long. There were times when we did only a few in a year's time; but never again, as we pledge at least 20 every month! THANX TO YOU, IMDb.com!