Review of Inferno

Inferno (1953)
7/10
Good
9 November 2009
Joseph (William Lundigan) and Geraldine (Rhonda Fleming) abandon Geraldine's husband, Donald (Robert Ryan) in the desert with a broken leg and inadequate provisions for survival. They have hatched a plot so that they can inherit Donald's money once he is found dead. The story follows Donald's struggle for survival, alone in the desert. Joseph and Geraldine worry that Donald's body hasn't been found and return to the scene of the crime to finish him off......

This film is shot in 3-D so I put on my 3-D glasses to watch it. At first, I thought I could see Rhonda Fleming's breasts poking out at me but I may have been imagining it. The whole 3-D thing doesn't really work until the end of the film when there is a fire. The flames look like a gas fire with blue bits appearing everywhere. It looks different but I'm not sure if it's really any better than seeing the raging flames in their natural orange colour. Other incidents like a snake leaping towards the screen and a lamp being hurled towards the screen just don't produce the required effect. That aside, the film keeps you watching. It's a different story that is well-acted and worth seeing again.
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