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This movie is a real dog ... well, except for Bogart of course ...


But even Bogie is a big doggish in this movie. I have a lot of Bogart movies and have seen a lot, and some are really good of course, the top being Casablanca, but this one is like a cheap comic book. The characters make no sense, and act like idiots ... and that is just the plot, the acting is terrible.

I've seen this before a long time ago, and I thought I remembered it as being OK, but I think maybe I was thinking of "The Big Sleep". And this directed and screen-written by John Huston? Not good except for historical reasons.

Someone tell me what is good about this movie?

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