The man involved in an affair with Doris Masterick. After falling from a crane and being presumed dead, he survives and runs a public house. He initially agrees to help Tom clear his name for compensation but is ultimately shot by Tom.
Their conflict drives the original conviction and the later revenge killing.
Tom fights Fred in a saloon bar after discovering Fred's affair with Tom's wife. Their confrontation continues onto the docks and ends with Fred falli...
Sullivan provides the film's closing interpretation of Fred's death.
In the epilogue, Sullivan comments on the killing of Fred and explains why it is called a murder in reverse.
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