The Backward Path

The Backward Path Ray Drake is a detective on a case that's got him chasing his own tail. His little drug habit doesn't help. With his pocket voice recorder, his gold badge and his works, he prowls the downtown LA night. One of his haunts is Dreamland, a hostess club where he makes small talk and inquiries with the charming, angelic Amber. Ray stakes out an old luxury motel and witnesses a murder. The femme fatale he discovers in a pool of blood leaves Ray as a prime suspect. Ray answers to a corrupt Police Commissioner, who took him off the streets and built him into a famous detective. Ray enjoyed the bright lights, but now he's trapped in a deadly Faustian deal with seemingly no way out.