US Release date: 4 March 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 April 1950
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Running time: 69 minutes.
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Tom Conway, Steve Brodie & Robert Osterloh
Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 3 March 1950 as support to The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 10-W-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 61 | 286 |
| EF PPE | 1.45 | 341 |
| Metres Travelled | 395,681 | 244 |
| Average MT | 9,421 | 324 |
| Engagements | 42 | 212 |
| Slots | 43 | 256 |
| Weeks | 1 | 284 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 2.38% | 308 |
| Saturdays | 17 | 143 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 40.48% | 163 |
| Tuesdays | 24 | 62 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 57.14% | 63 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 42 | 65 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts Ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 41 |
| Ratio | 97.62% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.26% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.39% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.38% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.14% |
| Hoyts eng | 27 |
| Ratio | 64.29% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.49% |
| Independent eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 9.52% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.98% |
| Suburban eng | 11 |
| Ratio | 26.19% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.47% |
Notes: Fox second feature that Hoyts did not attach to any specific first run title, instead placing it with Outpost in Morocco for (mostly) Saturday nights, Beautiful Blonde…for Tuesdays and Appointment with Murder on both. In the hustle and bustle of a very busy release week in which eleven new films hit the suburbs, this film was shuffled in and shuffled out by week eight, save for a sole reappearance in week 46.
I Cheated the Law engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Appointment With Murder |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| St.Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Appointment With Murder |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Appointment with Murder |
| Coburg | Town Hall | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Appointment with Murder |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Tulsa |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 22/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | A Song is Born |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 22/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 22/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 22/4/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Tulsa |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 22/4/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 22/4/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 22/4/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 29/4/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 29/4/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 29/4/50 | 5 | W | 2 | A Song is Born |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 6/5/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 13/5/50 | 7 | S | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 20/5/50 | 8 | S | 2 | Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 20/5/50 | 8 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 10/2/50 | 46 | T | 2 | Ticket to Tomahawk |
The 1950 Project 