Whistle Stop (1946)

The most interesting thing about Leonide Moguy's Whistle Stop is its main character, Mary (Ava Gardner), who returns from having been out of town for a while. Her past reveals tangled relations with a few men and the film basically revolves around her choice between two men she used to date. One is a nightclub owner and the other is a bitter barfly type. Moguy throws in a robbery and a murder plot for good measure. There are some good scenes involving sordid bars and poisonous rivalry, but other than that Whistle stop is packed with threads that are never tied together.