By David in TN
Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 9:24:00 P.M. EDT
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight ET (and 10 a.m. ET Sunday Morning) is Woman on the Run (1950). Ann Sheridan stars, along with Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, Ross Elliot, directed by Norman Foster.
Film Noir Guide: “Sheridan is a wife searching for her husband (Elliott), an artist who witnesses a vicious murder and is hiding from the police and the killer. The two haven’t been getting along very well lately, but Sheridan begins to discover long-lost feelings for her missing man. O’Keefe is a reporter who seems eager for the exclusive story, and Keith is the detective who has big problems keeping Sheridan in line. Sheridan does a great job as the tough, wisecracking protagonist, who always manages to stay one step ahead of the cops. There are some terrific daytime shots of San Francisco’s hilly streets, a scene or two that will make you jump out of your seat, and a climactic fight during a nighttime roller coaster ride. This minor film noir succeeds thanks to clever plot twists and an excellent cast.”
Woman on the Run had been a “lost” film that was “found” and restored by our friend Eddie Muller. Ann Sheridan had left Warner Brothers, tired of being the “Oomph girl.” She hoped this role, which fit her perfectly, would recharge her career, but it didn’t make much of a stir at the time.
Woman on the Run is a favorite of mine. Lots of story and action in a 77-minute running time.
7 comments:
For what it's worth, he didn't restore this movie, UCLA did, despite the involvement of the "Film Noir Foundation." Excellent movie, in any event!
jerry pdx
Think you can stand another "They're not sending us their best" story? In this case, a Portland "resident" (not that it really matters but no word in the article how long he's actually been a "resident") Ricardo Sanchez-Garcia was touching 6 & 10 year old girls in Portland stores, he also was molesting a 7 yr. old relative. Wonder what his defense was: "I didn't know it was wrong, it's OK back in the old country"!
"There are some terrific daytime shots of San Francisco’s hilly streets"
No homeless people mentally deranged crapping all over the place either.
On the Ingraham show tonight,her cohort,Raymond Arroyo,reported a remake of "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" will be presented by 96 year old Norman Lear.
It's set to go as a live presentation,with the script being a classic episode redone word for word.
The new Archie and Edith?I'll give you a few seconds to think about it...
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If you thought Woody Harrelson and Marissa Tomei,congrats.I didn't think they'd actually cast white people for these roles anymore,but Lear must still be old school(liberal,but old school).
If you want to see who the new George Jefferson will be,google it.
--GR Anonymous
If they make remake "All in the Family" have the episode with Veronica the lesbian school teacher. "They want to get into the schools and teacher the kids this stuff" - - A. Bunker. Seems Archie was right.
Monday Night-Tuesday Morning at 12:30 am ET, TCM is showing Niagara (1953). This is one of Marilyn Monroe's most famous roles, as a femme fatale looking to get rid of her psycho war vet husband, played by Joseph Cotten. There are plenty of shots of Niagara Falls.
Film Noir Guide: "Cotten's performance as the cuckolded neurotic is impeccable, but the film belongs to Monroe, oozing sexuality, as his unfaithful wife."
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:45 am ET (and Sunday at 10 am ET) is a remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 classic M.
This 1951 version, also titled M, features David Wayne as the killer, Howard da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler,Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Walter Burke, Norman Lloyd, directed by Joseph Losey.
Set in Los Angeles, the child killer is hunted by both police and the local mob, as in Lang's version. Da Silva and Brodie are detectives investigating and Gabel is the crime boss concerned about increased police activity, which hinders his operation.
Film Noir Guide: "Wayne gives a fine performance as the pathetic pedophile, literally marked with an 'M' for murderer, and Adler is excellent as Gabel's alcoholic mouthpiece, who must defend the killer before a jury of his peers--thieves, cutthroats, and racketeers. This is a good remake of the superior Fritz Lang 1931 film, which starred Peter Lorre as the child murderer."
What Red Eddie will say about this one?
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