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A silly, weird film

posted 17 years ago by Ipsissimus
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So silly and weird, in fact, that it's a MUST view!

"Baby, I don't care."

Yeah, it's a little gem. The scene in which Shubunka fronts up to Cornell and faces him down is a triumph. But the whole thing is so offbeat and watchable. You really end up empathising with Shubunka.

[–] karnevilelp 9 years ago

Just saw this as part of TCM's Film Noir Fridays series, really enjoyed it. The bits with Harry Morgan don't really fit in for me --I'm not a big fan of "comic relief" in movies like this-- but overall it's a good one.

[–] franzkabuki 9 years ago

Don't know about silly (except for the apparent "comic relief" involving the cashier and his lady fixation), but it sure spends much too much time showing the titular gangster running after that blonde horse-faced broad, so that the first half of the film in particular plays more like a B-grade romantic melodrama than a noir or a gangster flick. Too bad since the gangland entanglements are pretty involving and the darkly shadowy cinematography is top notch.

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