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Checking imdb.com, the Whistler was played by someone named Otto Forrest.

Anyway, the film itself is surprisingly good, considering the material. It is not a particularly thought out script. The...

Now that you mentioned it, I do remember also reading about the hole in the floor.

Most scenes were shot at an upward angle, but the shots of Greenstreet even more so. Look for that one shot where Greenstreet fills the screen. It looks like the camera was at his feet.

After 40...

What I meant by my initial question was if Huston thought of it himself, or was it suggested by his cameraman?

I don't remember that particular shot from M. I will have to see it again. (The...

I think Cortez was actually born in Austria and came to the US as a child. Austria is the birthplace of many Latins. :rolleyes: Ha, ha!

Maybe I am comparing him unfavorably to Bogart, but Cortez...

You are correct that Huston's was the third version of The Maltese Falcon. The first with Ricardo Cortez did not do so well. Cortez was too much of a lightweight. As far as Satan Met a Lady is...

That is an interesting tale, told above, about the search for the real ending. I just finished watching Kiss Me Deadly, and it was the real original finale.

The sci-fi style ending was an...

Be fair. There was only one girl. Besides, at that age you have to get your blood flowing anyway you can. ;) What I remember most of that scene were the cops looking through the window.

I have read the novel The Maltese Falcon. I don't like detective literature as much as detective movies, and really do not think much of Hammett's style of writing, although he did put together a...

To my shame I must admit I have not seen This Gun for Hire. I guess I will have to put it on my long must-see list.

First of all, I want to point out this is not meant as a review, but an analysis. That is why I posted this here. So board monitors, please don’t move this to the review folder.

Next, to give a...

Maybe you would prefer my alternate ending. Robinson's character finds out there was a reward offered by one of Johnny's previous victims, now a wealthy madam. He takes the reward money, moves to...

The on-again, off-again love/hate relationship between the film’s two main characters is quite uneven making the storyline muddled and confusing. But for some reason this film early on grabbed my...

Mentioning Psycho, many are not aware that the scary looking Bates house was actually a very common type of home in the part of southern California where most of the film takes place. For that...

As a matter of interest, the way the film was originally written, the killer was supposed to be Buzz (William Bendix). But the US Navy protested that it would put a stigma on certain returning war...

Somehow I have missed this one all these years – until now. Cape Fear is a fitting end to the Film Noir era. Peck does a nice turn as the pure hero who must confront evil on evil’s own terms. ...

You have got to be kidding! What's next? Jerry Lewis considered for the part of one of the hit men in The Killers?

I missed that detail the first time I saw Scarlet Street, but I was only a kid becoming thinly aware of the real world around me. No doubt the censorship standards of the time (the film was...

Certainly a sexual obsession encouraged by an unhappy marriage.

I recently re-watched Scarlet Street for the first time in years. Something I did not notice from earlier viewings is just how stupid the characters are. Maybe I was just in a bad mood, but really....

I just watched D.O.A. for the first time. It is a film with a few flaws. When Bigelow (Edmond O’Brien) checks into his San Francisco hotel, the soundtrack includes an annoying wolf whistle every...

The first film directed by Nicholas Ray, They Live by Night is a rather unimaginative story of a young escaped convict who dreams of a regular life with the girl he loves. It is pretty cliché and...

I think it's on the TCM program schedule.


Hey! How about this? I've been trying to log back in for the past few weeks, and just by responding to a posting I finally made it! Why have they...

The first time I saw Touch of Evil was on TV. I thought it was total crap, with Charlton Heston putting the final dagger though the heart with an unconvincing performance.

But later I saw the...

Or maybe I posted that one to a different website. What was I drinking that night?

No matter. It's a film worth discussing again.