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Love the soundtrack. One of the best of all time. Must remember it fit the period and the soundtrack for this film lives on on it's own, which is a true sign of a great soundtrack.

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I enjoyed reading your review of this film, that I barely managed to stay awake for, not because of the film itself (though the version I saw had poor sound and image) but because it was my 4th noir...

"Above-the-title, big star screen charisma" doesn't have much to do with being a great actor, which Richard Basehart was. Star power and charisma more often than not lead to the kind of consistent...

Thanks Kristen!

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This is great film writing. I am dying to see this film now. I fell in love with noir early in my teenage years, and I've wondered why something so dark was so appealing to me then (given that I...

Great piece, Steve! This film deserves more props. I think because it was kind of a fluke, rather than a deliberate, conscious film noir, it tends to be dismissed. Its kooky energy and grade-A...

This great review by the "Professor" deepened my appreciation of this little known movie.

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Noir is my favorite genre and Body Heat is among my all time favorites. "DI" is certainly the strongest influence on Kasdan's film, but the noir classic "Out of the Past' shares more than a few...

hi a little message from France, i just got this film recently (i hadn't seen it for a long time), a great film noir, Aldo Ray gets one his best parts in this movie, by the way thans for your blog!
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All the actors in the film were superb, a prime example of 1950's British Noir.




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Obviously a well researched, scholarly piece of film writing, but I just couldn't agree less -- CAGED most decidedly falls under the heading of camp.

I found it hysterically funny when I first...

Thank you for such a well-researched and literate article. I enjoyed the background information on Tierney, his brothers, and Nosseck. I bought your book, Film Noir and The Cinema of Paranoia so I...

I have a picture on my wall of Mr Belafonte and me next to the bus used in the filming, during a lunch break in upstate NY, near Glens Fall. I was just a 9 year old. I'm watching it on tv now. that...

Repeat viewings of this wonderful flick are definitely recommended. I can't wait to get back to it with this additional insight into the characters, the story, and the production. Alastair Sim is...

Thanks for the article. I love this movie; kind of like a British version of The Thin Man movies, it can be watched over and over for its clever humor and convoluted plot. It's a real shame on the...

What we actually have here is a very unique love story, but the noir aspects of the screenplay prevent that kind of fantasy from happeninng.
The reality we get is an amusing sort-of tragedy where a...

I have a very different take on Desert Fury. First, it's one of only two technicolor films made in the '40s worthy of the "film noir" label, the other being Leave Her to Heaven with Gene Tierney....

The notion that Crawford was not wanted for the role is a myth. WB production files show VERY explicitly that she was at the top of Mike Curtiz and Jerry Wald's list for the role as far back as late...

HH, Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Hoagy Carmichael and Victor Price! What's not to like??

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Raquel,

The shots of old Las Vegas, which include several actual exterior, on-location shots, are really beautiful. And as I mentioned, the chase scene is excellent. I think for someone like you,...

Oh Howard Hughes. He liked to complicate things didn't he? Even though this sounds like a weak film I think I might want to watch it anyways. Old Las Vegas really interests me right now and I...

U need to add "Talk About a Stranger"; a terrific small film from 1952. All about a boy and the pursuit of the man he thinks killed his dog. Very real and heartfelt with the superb cinematography of...

Odds Against Tomorrow: Maybe it was a film that needed to be made back in the late 50s, but seeing the bigot and the proud black man screaming at each other constantly was heavy handed -- even...

Odds Against Tomorrow: Maybe it was a film that needed to be made back in the late 50s, but seeing the bigot and the proud black man screaming at each other constantly was heavy handed -- even...

I think ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW is a riveting film noir--the great wintry Northeastern locales, the John Lewis music, Robert Ryan, a Road Runner cartoon-like ending... what's not to love?

I wish it...