Shapely Shelly Winters Beginning Her Career as a High-Powered "Dame".
Here She is a Mouthy Dame, Hits-Back, and is a Force Likely to Botch the Larcenous "Game" Afoot by Gangsters Dan Duryea, as the Head-Honcho, and John Payne as the Woman-Trap...
"I know how we can do that, there's a Secretary that thinks I stepped out of a dream."
Payne's Magnetic Looks and Silver Tongue Woos Woman with Ease, Including the Main-Mark, Joan Caufield, a Grieving War-Widow Ripe for the Picking, a Hash-Slinger, a Secretary, and the Aforementioned Moll, a Blonde with a Fur-Coat, an Attitude, and a Gun.
Duryea and the Rest of the Larcenous Bunch have No Morals, and are Out for the Take Period. Regardless of Heartbroken War-Widow or the Youth Association that are the Victims.
Payne, on the other hand, Slowly is Shown to Have some Scruples", and Things Get Complicated.
The Film is Propelled by a Witty, Wordy, Script Filled with Conversations of a Wide-Ranging Way of Philosophizing, Moralizing, and Behavior Among the Folks.
It's Done with some Minimal Norish Lighting Flourishes, but for the Most Part it's the Personalities of Duryea, Payne, and Winters that Carry the Noir Banter.
Slightly Above Average for its Type and is Definitely...
Worth a Watch.
Here She is a Mouthy Dame, Hits-Back, and is a Force Likely to Botch the Larcenous "Game" Afoot by Gangsters Dan Duryea, as the Head-Honcho, and John Payne as the Woman-Trap...
"I know how we can do that, there's a Secretary that thinks I stepped out of a dream."
Payne's Magnetic Looks and Silver Tongue Woos Woman with Ease, Including the Main-Mark, Joan Caufield, a Grieving War-Widow Ripe for the Picking, a Hash-Slinger, a Secretary, and the Aforementioned Moll, a Blonde with a Fur-Coat, an Attitude, and a Gun.
Duryea and the Rest of the Larcenous Bunch have No Morals, and are Out for the Take Period. Regardless of Heartbroken War-Widow or the Youth Association that are the Victims.
Payne, on the other hand, Slowly is Shown to Have some Scruples", and Things Get Complicated.
The Film is Propelled by a Witty, Wordy, Script Filled with Conversations of a Wide-Ranging Way of Philosophizing, Moralizing, and Behavior Among the Folks.
It's Done with some Minimal Norish Lighting Flourishes, but for the Most Part it's the Personalities of Duryea, Payne, and Winters that Carry the Noir Banter.
Slightly Above Average for its Type and is Definitely...
Worth a Watch.