Ruth Roman has one of her best roles ever as Cay Higgins, a hard-as-nails taxi dancer who becomes the object of infatuation for Bill Clark (Cochran), a recently paroled loner who’s never been with a woman. A hotel room, a dirty cop, a gunshot—the perfect jump-off for a fugitives-on-the-lam love story. Feist’s nervy direction ramps up several spectacular set-pieces. Brattle Debut