Between a talking crow that assists a bartender and a really creepy marionette show, this film noir is one that you will remember, and not in the realm of great film wars like "Double indemnity" and "Laura". PRC, having released to film noir sleepers, "Detour" and "Decoy", as well as a few other obscure gems, went overboard with this one we're private detectives Bruce Cabot and Roscoe Karnes follow a tax evader into avalanche country and end up investigating a series of murders we're ultimately I didn't care who was the guilty party. I just wanted it over.
The joke about the crow is never resolved and should have been the final scene with Cabot getting a glimpse of it, having his partner Karnes throughout the film for claiming that he was seeing a talking crow. when the puppet show begins, you might want to go get a beverage or snack, as it is one of the creepiest sequences I've ever seen on film. The avalanche scenes themselves aren't too bad although I'm sure a good majority of it is stock footage. There are two femme fatales (Helen Mowery and Veda Ann Borg) who seem to have been directed to bellow all their lines. There is nothing subtle about the script for the plot twist or the performances, and much of the film is just downright boring. This is one that I can knock off my list of want, which when I found it, ended up being completely disappointed with.
The joke about the crow is never resolved and should have been the final scene with Cabot getting a glimpse of it, having his partner Karnes throughout the film for claiming that he was seeing a talking crow. when the puppet show begins, you might want to go get a beverage or snack, as it is one of the creepiest sequences I've ever seen on film. The avalanche scenes themselves aren't too bad although I'm sure a good majority of it is stock footage. There are two femme fatales (Helen Mowery and Veda Ann Borg) who seem to have been directed to bellow all their lines. There is nothing subtle about the script for the plot twist or the performances, and much of the film is just downright boring. This is one that I can knock off my list of want, which when I found it, ended up being completely disappointed with.