Roses Are Red (1947)
7/10
BIZARRO B-MOVIE...GOOD & EVIL LOOK-ALIKE D.A. FIGHT IT OUT IN LOW-BUDGET NOIR
9 August 2021
Predictable Picture with some Fun and a Few Good Scenes Highlight this Minor Movie that Suffers from a Small Room Template.

Check-Out the Machinations of Actor Placements Within the Frame of a Cramped Environment.

It's Humorous to See a Grouping of Characters Shoehorned Like a Jigsaw Puzzle Into the Card-Board Sets.

Virtually On-Top of One-Another with Heads Dangling Above and Along-Side of One Another. It's a Hoot.

It's All Familiar Stuff About a Look-Alike Crook Replacing a District Attorney to do the Bidding of a Crime-Boss.

This Particular Mr. Big is a Smooth Talking Wheel-Chair Bound (Edward Keane) who Seems about as Intimidating as one of His Aquarium Fish.

The Wheel-Chair, by the way, Comes in Handy when the Police Move In.

Part of the Fun is Watching the Switcheroo.

Keeping it All Straight and Identifying just Who is the DA Now.

You Can Bet One of the Girl-Friend Dames will Be Able to Tell by a Smoocheroo.

More Fun can be Had Spotting Noir Regular Charles McGraw's Gravely Voice Bullying People, Jeff Chandler as a Giant Blondie Named "Knuckles", and James Arness as a Cop.

Slightly Above Average in the Low-Low Budget Sphere of B-Noirs.

More Airy than Most with a Bouncy, Side-Glance Look, and an Almost Tongue-in-Cheek Patina.

Worth a Watch.
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