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Rogue-theX said:If Scarlet Street isn't on the list, it ought to be.
I don't want to spoil anything because I saw it without knowing anything about it, but I will say:
1. Edward G. Robinson stars.
2. Fritz Lang directs.
3. It wasn't long after the movie started before it had me by the ankle, and didn't set me back down till well after it was over.
I know you recommended it to me in PM, but I wanted to come here and say THANKS because its the best movie I've seen in a while.
Glad to hear it. I've been meaning to watch that one for ages.
70 years ago...
Out of the Past (1947)
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Country: United States
Length: 97 minutes
Type: Film-Noir
'Out of the Past' is centered on an early lead-role for a very young looking Robert Mitchum but he still plays it old, world-weary and tough. It's the classic femme-fatale Noir, with Jeff the rain-coated PI pulled back into the shady criminal world he thought he had escaped. Visually it feels like it takes place in "Hitchcock Land", with similar San Francisco locations to 'Vertigo', a Gothic Bates-like home and the villain living in a Frank Lloyd Wright style house like the one in 'North by Northwest'. Kirk Douglas, in one of his first roles, is suitably menacing as the shady criminal boss with a hold over our hero. I really enjoyed watching Mitchum trying to stay one step ahead of all the people trying to double-cross and frame his character.
The first Rex Harrison film the book next.