Shortly after they made "They Live By Night", Farley Granger and Cathy
O'Donnell started in this intricate and brilliantly plotted noir for
Anthony Mann, (doing a superb job in an urban setting before the
westerns and epics that made his name). It's a corker of a B-Movie and
almost no-one has heard of it. Sidney Boehm provided the taut,
economical script that finds Granger as a young petty thief way in over
his head when he 'accidentally' steals $30,000 of blackmail money. There
isn't a redundant moment in the picture which moves at lightening speed
and is magnificently shot on location by the great Joseph Ruttenberg.
The first-rate supporting cast includes James Craig, Paul Kelly, Charles
McGraw, Harry Bellaver and the great Jean Hagen as a nightclub singer. I
would call this a cult movie if only it were better known; seek it
out immediately.
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
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Shortly after they made "They Live By Night", Farley Granger and Cathy
O'Donnell started in this intricate and brilliantly plotted noir for
Anthony Mann, (doing a superb job in an urban setting before the
westerns and epics that made his name). It's a corker of a B-Movie and
almost no-one has heard of it. Sidney Boehm provided the taut,
economical script that finds Granger as a young petty thief way in over
his head when he 'accidentally' steals $30,000 of blackmail money. There
isn't a redundant moment in the picture which moves at lightening speed
and is magnificently shot on location by the great Joseph Ruttenberg.
The first-rate supporting cast includes James Craig, Paul Kelly, Charles
McGraw, Harry Bellaver and the great Jean Hagen as a nightclub singer. I
would call this a cult movie if only it were better known; seek it
out immediately.
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