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Turner Classic Movies is showing this now!

posted 16 years ago by MystMoonstruck
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I'm watching it for the very first time and am uncertain if this is new to the TCM lineup or not. I did notice that this film was released the year I was born, so I was intrigued by that. Also, I haven't seen many Robert Preston movies beyond the usual ("The Music Man, "Victor/Victoria", "The Last Starfighter", etc.), so I am curious because of that, too. I haven't made up my mind about it, but I'm only at the half-hour mark. It's jogged off in varying directions after an odd start, which is promising.

However, I did jot down a catchy bit of dialogue:
"Get angry, darling! It gives you a dimple. Or, is it dirt?"~Robert Preston to Elizabeth Sellers

~~MystMoonstruck~~

By the way, I LOVE movie quotations!
"Whoever heard of starting a war in December?!"~Spring Byington to Robert Young in "The Enchanted Cottage"

"Champagne! I love it! It tastes like your foot's asleep!"~Joan Davis in "George White Scandal's"

"Welcome to my design. Welcome to the inside of my mind."~Austin Pendleton to Juliette Lewis in "The 4th Floor" aka "The Fourth Floor" (freaky image of the day: packing peanuts!)

[–] xylonian-1 16 years ago

I did watch it for the same reason, as in getting beyond the 'usual' Robert Preston films.

Interesting film, not a masterpiece, but I found it strangely disturbing....which is good. Perhaps it was his performance, IMO he did a great job in an at least somewhat complicated part.

I also had never heard of Elizabeth Sellars, so was interested to find out who she was.

"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five."

[–] MystMoonstruck 16 years ago

It ended up surprising me, I must say. There were some rather gritty moments for a film of that time period. I think it says a lot for old-style filmmaking, leaving incidents to the imagination~his wife's death, as well as the others', with the screen going black instead of showing these acts of violence. The woman's hit-and-run death was a *POW* moment to me!

Nowadays, if they remade this, they'd probably go for gory details. That's truly sad, or maybe it's a sign of old age. *giggle*

I wish I had caught this one, as I especially like it:
"When you're being tortured, the first lie is the most important. You might not get to tell another."~Robert Preston to Harold Lang
I don't think that's quite right, but it has a ring to it. He says it when he's preparing to torture Mick to find Lorna's whereabouts.

The next time I see it, I hope to jot down some more lines. I just wish I knew how to add quotations on IMDb.

~~MystMoonstruck~~

"If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space!"~Gregory Peck in "Mirage"

[–] xylonian-1 15 years ago

"When you're being tortured, the first lie is the most important. You might not get to tell another."

Yes noted that, outstanding line!!!! I do like your explanation of the 'disturbing feeling', but would add to it that lines as above added notes of 'authenticity' throughout, put out in a rather matter of fact sort of way.

I believe there have been many other films in which the "good guy" became the "bad guy", but there was something more convincing about this one.

With regard to the hidden gore, I do love using my own imagination, its always 'better' than showing me what happened exactly :)

"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five."