By David in TN
Friday, September 2, 2022 at 6:34:00 p.m. edt
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Returns Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. et with Hugo Haas’ Hit and Run (1957), with Hugo Haas, Cleo Moore, and Vince Edwards.
Film Noir Guide: “A typical Haas mess: a half-hearted femme fatale (Moore), a jovial cuckold (Haas), and his ex-con twin brother (Haas again), a horny mechanic (Edwards) all involved in an inane murder plot."
"Throw in a sexy lion tamer and you have another turkey written, produced, and directed by (did I mention starring?) Hugo Haas. Worth viewing only for laughs."
"Vince Edwards went on to play the lead role in the TV series Ben Casey, and Cleo Moore, who starred in six other Haas films, retired and eventually ran for governor of Louisiana. She lost."
David in TN: I've never seen this one, not very good per Film Noir Guide. Eddie Muller is showing some little-known, so-called noirs.
As a bonus before Hit and Run, tcm shows Double Indemnity (1944) at 8 p.m. et and The Postman Always Rings Twice at 10 p.m. et. It’s a James M. Cain double feature.
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 am ET is Edward Dmytryk's Obsession (1949) with Robert Newton, Sally Gray, Phil Brown, Naunton Wayne.
ReplyDeleteAlso known as The Hidden Room.
Film Noir Guide: "Anglo-American relations are put to the test when an American (Brown) becomes romantically involved with the wife of a British psychiatrist (Newton). Fed up with his wife's straying indiscretions, Newton decides to murder her newest lover."
"He kidnaps the unlucky Brown and for months keeps him chained to a bed in the cellar of a bombed-out building, waiting for just the right time, when he can be sure that Scotland Yard does not suspect him. In the meantime, he prepares an acid bath to dispose of the body. The perfect crime. Or is it?"
"Newton's wife (Gray) suspects that he's murdered Brown, but the fear of scandal keeps her from reporting her suspicions to the police. An annoyingly persistent Scotland Yard superintendent (Wayne) is on the case and, if that's not enough to delay Newton's murderous intentions, there's also a surprise nemesis in Gray's little dog (see The Man with My Face, The Killing and Lady Gangster for other doggie spoilers)."
"This is an enjoyable and effective British suspensor with Newton (TV's Long John Silver) quite good as the cuckolded psychiatrist, and Brown equally competent as his likeable prisoner."
David In TN: Eddie Muller gushed over Hit and Run, last week's offering, calling director-star Hugo Haas "a brilliant auteur, I like the guy."
I thought it was the worst movie ever shown on Noir Alley.