Having tried to watch Pawlikowski's Last Resort (couldn't disable Italian subtitles), A Farewell to Arms (Spanish version, terrible print) and On Dangerous Ground (Spanish version, couldn't disable Spanish subtitles) we turned to this.
Review 8 September 2010.
Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr (v nasty), Marsha Hunt, John Ireland.
Minimum exposition and bang! we're straight into classic noir, expertly painted on a totally black canvas by John Alton, so dark, but we see everything we need to. Claire Trevor's voiceover a change, adds to presentiment of doom. Taut, economical and consistently thrilling.
Today. Nothing much to add. Paul Sawtell's using a theremin, which adds a dimension.
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