Desert Fury (1947)

Having dropped out of yet another finishing school, Lizabeth Scott runs into gangster John Hodiak on her way back home. Despite her casino owning mother Mary Astor’s misgivings, she falls for the gangster despite various rumors swirling around him. The romance here, which is about the only plot available, is poorly sold with little reason given for its development or even for the disapproval from Scott’s family and friends other than Hodiak being a ‘bad’ guy. What really doesn’t help that relationship is the surprisingly, almost blatant same sex relationship between Hodiak and his partner-in-crime Wendell Corey. The two intimately share their work and home with Corey becoming possessively jealous as Lizabeth weasels her way in.