By David in TN
friday, november 10, 2023 at 10:41:00 a.m. est
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Andrew Stone’s Cry Terror (1958), with James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens, Neville Brand, Angie Dickinson, Jack Klugman and Kenneth Tobey.
Red Eddie Muller is finally showing Cry Terror on Noir Alley. He will love talking about Inger Stevens. She had affairs with her leading men, James Mason in this film, Harry Belafonte in her next one. She either tried to commit suicide, or threatened to constantly. She married one Ike Jones, which couldn’t be mentioned at the time. Jones (of course) abused her, and they didn’t live together.
Per GRA, Inger Stevens was one actress RFK (and JFK) apparently didn’t do. She finally killed herself (?) in 1970. Jones stepped forward and claimed her estate and money, which disappeared.
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TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Will Price's Strange Bargain (1949) with Jeffrey Lynn, Martha Scott, Harry (Henry) Morgan, Richard Gaines, Katherine Emery, Henry O'Neill.
Film Noir Guide: "Lynn plays one of the most sympathetic characters in all of film noir. In the hole financially every month, with a wife (Scott), two kids and a mortgage, the assistant bookkeeper approaches his boss (Gaines) for a raise only to be told that business is so bad that he'll have to be let go. Lynn is shocked when Gaines tells him that he's planning to commit suicide and needs his help to make his death look like a murder so his wife and son can collect the insurance money."
"Lynn refuses but the persistent Gaines calls him later that evening and tells him to hurry over. When he gets to Gaines' house, he finds an envelope addressed to him containing ten grand, a gun and the man's body. Inside the envelope is a note begging him to do the right thing. Lynn, acting according to Gaines' instructions, goes outside with the gun, shoots two bullets through the window and then disposes of the weapon."
"Homicide detective Morgan investigates and decides that Lynn's new boss (O'Neill) is the logical suspect, leaving Lynn in a serious moral dilemma--tell what he knows to protect O'Neill or keep quiet so Gaines' family can collect the insurance. Strange Bargain is a low budget, but gripping, suspense film with an enjoyable surprise ending."
David In TN: Richard Gaines was always playing an unsympathetic boss. Double Indemnity (1944) is an example.
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