I'll start off by saying that this film didn't really do a whole lot for me. It wasn't badly made it just was one of those ones that so graced the 30's that was about how bad the system was and no one could get a fair shake...i.e...the little guy can't win...problem is, this guy in this one over reacts to everything and just about gets what he deserves in the end.
Sure in a perfect world the judicial system wouldn't be wrong ever. We don't live in that world. We're suppose to feel sorry for this guy who's a 3 time loser who goes through a few breaks after he gets out of prison but consistently makes bad decisions that get him back in prison. Of course he goes back to prison to get a death sentence for a crime he didn't do.
To get him the point he gets to at the end of this film he first gets a job and in the first few days he gets out he decides to stop and look for a house for him and his girlfriend. He doesn't even consider that he's 90 minutes late checking in for his truck route. The boss fires him and he can't get a job. He starts to hang around his old cohort but doesn't go back to his life a crime. His cohort robs an armored car and kills 6 people. This friend of his decides to steal his hat before the crime and it's left at the scene to implicate him.
From here on out we get "The Wrong Man" and "Bonnie and Clyde". If you were anything like me you won't feel a bit sorry for Eddie and his girlfriend in the end. It seems like they just walked into all of this by bad decisions.
Decent film but it wasn't very moving. Try "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang " or "Each Dawn I Die" for a better look into the wrong man imprisoned. This one's just a time piece with Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sydney and Fritz Lang tied to it. Whether you think it's "Crime doesn't Pay" type of film or even a "Wronged Man" film...it won't matter...just an average watch for me.
Sure in a perfect world the judicial system wouldn't be wrong ever. We don't live in that world. We're suppose to feel sorry for this guy who's a 3 time loser who goes through a few breaks after he gets out of prison but consistently makes bad decisions that get him back in prison. Of course he goes back to prison to get a death sentence for a crime he didn't do.
To get him the point he gets to at the end of this film he first gets a job and in the first few days he gets out he decides to stop and look for a house for him and his girlfriend. He doesn't even consider that he's 90 minutes late checking in for his truck route. The boss fires him and he can't get a job. He starts to hang around his old cohort but doesn't go back to his life a crime. His cohort robs an armored car and kills 6 people. This friend of his decides to steal his hat before the crime and it's left at the scene to implicate him.
From here on out we get "The Wrong Man" and "Bonnie and Clyde". If you were anything like me you won't feel a bit sorry for Eddie and his girlfriend in the end. It seems like they just walked into all of this by bad decisions.
Decent film but it wasn't very moving. Try "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang " or "Each Dawn I Die" for a better look into the wrong man imprisoned. This one's just a time piece with Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sydney and Fritz Lang tied to it. Whether you think it's "Crime doesn't Pay" type of film or even a "Wronged Man" film...it won't matter...just an average watch for me.