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- 1946
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 53 m
- 1946
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 53 m
Summary A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Directed By: Tay Garnett
Written By: Harry Ruskin, Niven Busch, James M. Cain
- 1946
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 53 m
- 1946
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 53 m
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Summary A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Directed By: Tay Garnett
Written By: Harry Ruskin, Niven Busch, James M. Cain
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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90% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
84
90% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
10% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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More film gris than film noir, it offers a biting moral conundrum at every turn. [17 Oct 2010, p.4]
The best version of James M. Cain's torrid, hard-hitting romance comes to startling life under Garnett's shrewd direction.
Garfield is customarily strong and energetic as a desperate guy on the edge. Famous for her work in tight sweaters and halters, Turner was no thespian. But the combination of Garfield and Garnett, or something, fired a performance from her that is, in its way, perfect. [05 Mar 1999]
This 1946 film is a key work of the postwar period, dripping with demented romanticism and the venom of disillusionment. Tay Garnett directed, finding the pull of obsession in every tracking shot.
The picture achieves its distinction through the smart way in which it has been made and through the quality of its representation of two passion-torn characters.
Development of the characters makes Tay Garnett’s direction seem slowly paced during first part of the picture, but this establishment was necessary to give the speed and punch to the uncompromising evil that transpires.
This has little of the insinuating nature of the best film noir, as Lana Turner and John Garfield go from 0 to 60 in their first scene together.
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