Directed by:
Tay GarnettScreenplay:
Niven BuschCinematography:
Sidney WagnerComposer:
George BassmanCast:
Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Jeff York, Byron Foulger, Jeffrey Sayre, Harold Miller, Frank Mayo (more)Plots(1)
Frank (John Garfield) is a hitch-hiker who finds that sparks fly between him and his boss' wife (Lana Turner). She intends to move away with Frank, but also wants to keep the diner that her husband owns. The two of them decide that murder is the only answer, but fits of jealousy threaten to ruin their scheme. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
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It's relative, but there are times when even Lana is able to please. Yet I must be overwhelmed by the obligatory screenings outside my genre. Then again, even iconic noir can dazzle just by the way Lana wears all those white costumes and only exceptionally dons black... As a whole, the film is extremely overcomplicated, but it has an excellent atmosphere and absolutely ideal performances. I'm looking at you, Leon Ames.
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I can't help it, but I was really expecting much more here. First of all, it's Lana Turner, who just didn't click with me, and because of that, I didn't really enjoy the whole movie. The performances are not something that impressed me here at all. The source material seems good, the story itself is not bad, but this execution, I really don't consider it exceptional.
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