By David in TN
friday, february 24, 2023 at 3:56:00 p.m. est
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is George Archainbaud’s Hunt the Man Down (1950), with Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, James Anderson, Harry Shannon, Gerald Mohr and Cleo Moore.
Film Noir Guide: “Stock whodunit with Anderson as a con who escaped after being wrongly convicted of a murder twelve years earlier. He’s back in jail now because of the publicity he received for stopping a stickup man in the bar where he (Anderson) worked.
“Young, the dedicated public defender convinced of Anderson’s innocence, gets on the trail of the real killer. Shannon plays Young’s father, a one-armed ex-cop who comes out of retirement to help his son.
“Somebody is out to stop the investigation and doesn’t care who gets killed in the process. Well-acted but slow moving, this low-budget noir isn’t one of Young’s best.”
David in TN: I haven’t seen this one. Eddie Muller has been showing obscure films. TCM’s Film Noir of the Week now takes a two month hiatus until May.
TCM's Film Noir of the Week returns after a two month hiatus.
ReplyDeleteTCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. is Robert Siodmak's The File on Thelma Jordan (1950) with Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Joan Tetzel, Richard Rober.
Film Noir Guide: "Stanwyck plays yet another femme fatale (see Double Indemnity and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers). This time it's assistant D.A. Corey who's caught in her web. Corey, boozing it up lately because of an unhappy marriage to Tetzel, falls hard when Stanwyck walks into his office to report a possible burglary attempt."
"Soon Corey, who's ready to abandon his wife and two kids, finds himself covering up a murder that Stanwyck or her brutal lover (Rober) may have committed. The film is a bit slow at first, but Stanwyck, one of film noir's top icons, is terrific in a role that suits her perfectly, and Corey gives a first-class performance as a good public servant gone bad over a tantalizing dame."