By David in TN
Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 10:38:00 P.M. EST
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Robert Rossen’s Johnny O’Clock (1947) with Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, Thomas Gomez, Jim Bannon, Nina Foch and Ellen Drew.
Film Noir Guide: “Powell, a partner in Gomez’s casino, is pursued by the older man’s sexy young wife (Drew) but rebuffs her advances.
“When the casino hat check girl (Foch), depressed about her failed romance with a crooked cop (Bannon), is found dead in her apartment, an apparent suicide, a police inspector (Cobb) investigates her death. Because the missing Bannon was connected to the Casino, Cobb centers his investigation around Powell.
“Meanwhile, Foch’s sister (Keyes) arrives in town and falls hard for the suave gambler, who is frantically searching for a lost item that, if found by the jealous Gomez could threaten his job and possibly his life.
“The convoluted plot is offset by the excellent acting and clever dialogue. Look for a poker-playing Jeff Chandler (sans his trademark white hair) in his screen debut.”
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TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 am ET is Phil Karlson's Tight Spot (1955) with Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, and Lorne Greene.
Film Noir Guide: "Rogers is terrific as a wrongly imprisoned model who's being pressured by D.A. Robinson to testify against a vicious mobster (Greene). Keith is the cop assigned to protect her. Before long, the cop and the con find themselves falling in love, while the nervous Greene is eager to make his move. Good acting (especially by Rogers as the wisecracking witness) and a clever plot twist add to this gritty film noir's enjoyment. Greene went on to star as the wealthy patriarch in one of TV's most successful Westerns, Bonanza."
David In TN: Ginger Rogers is cast against type as a gangster's moll. In this 1955 movie deporting an undesirable is a good thing.
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