Alias Nick Beal (1949)
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister. prostitute, fog, politician, moral conflict, pact with the devil, faust, film noir, soul selling, devil, district attorney, temptation, rise to power, mob boss, political corruption, false evidence, docks, faustian pact, fixer, valiant wife, political machine, lost souls, deal with the devil, run for governor
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