By David in TN
Friday, July 17, 2020 at 7:43:00 P.M. EDT
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Jean Negulesco’s Three Strangers (1946), with Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre, Alan Napier and Rosalind Ivan. John Huston and Howard Koch wrote the screenplay.
Film Noir Guide: “Fitzgerald, a worshipper of Kwan Yin, the Chinese goddess of ‘fortune and destiny, of life and death,’ convinces two men (Lorre and Greenstreet) to join her in a ceremony in front of a statue of the goddess at midnight on the Chinese New Year, when, according to legend, the goddess will grant a wish to three strangers.
“After they make their collective wish (that Lorre's sweepstakes ticket will win), the three go their separate ways. Alcoholic Lorre is later arrested and charged with a bobby’s murder; barrister Greenstreet misappropriates a client’s funds, loses it all, and contemplates suicide; and Fitzgerald ruthlessly schemes to win back her straying husband.
“The cast is perfect, with the usual sinister Lorre playing a sympathetic character for a change, and the ending is wonderfully ironic. Screenwriter Huston reportedly based this unusual and entertaining story on his real-life experience with a lottery ticket and a mysterious Burmese statue.”
TCM has three other famous films noir on Saturday: Murder, My Sweet (1944) at 2 p.m. ET; The Maltese Falcon (1941) at 8 p.m. ET; and High Sierra (1941) at 10 p.m. ET.
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TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:30 am ET and 10 am ET is The Breaking Point (1950). John Garfield starred for his favorite director, Michael Curtiz. Phyllis Thaxter plays Garfield's long-suffering wife. Patricia Neal is the femme fatale, with Juano Hernandez as the faithful friend and Wallace Ford as the crooked lawyer.
As we said previously, Eddie Muller's choices this year leave something to be desired. This time he's recycling a film shown on Noir Alley in 2017. Last week Eddie promised a "new intro and outro." We can guess what that will be like.
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