Even though the death of an epicene Cole Porter like composer played memorably by Edward Ashley at the beginning of Nocturne is ruled a suicide, Detective George Raft ain't buying it. The man has a wall full of headshot portraits of various women he's discarded over the years and anyone who loves them and leaves them like that is bound to make some enemies. The answer lies among those women, all of whom Ashley called Dolores.
George Raft was always best in noir and gangster films whether he was the good guy or the bad. He was limited in his range, but within that range no one was better.
A pair of sisters provide part of the answer. Both Lynn Bari and Virginia Huston were involved with Ashley at some point. But they're only part of the puzzle.
One of the best things about Nocturne is about how the killer had the police lab people draw the wrong conclusions about the murder. It's why they label Ashley's death a suicide.
If Nocturne were made today, Ashley's character would be openly gay and those pictures on the wall would be rent boys. Might make a great story for the Donald Strachey gay detective books and films that Chad Allen has starred in.
A very clever noir film, let's see a gay remake of this.
George Raft was always best in noir and gangster films whether he was the good guy or the bad. He was limited in his range, but within that range no one was better.
A pair of sisters provide part of the answer. Both Lynn Bari and Virginia Huston were involved with Ashley at some point. But they're only part of the puzzle.
One of the best things about Nocturne is about how the killer had the police lab people draw the wrong conclusions about the murder. It's why they label Ashley's death a suicide.
If Nocturne were made today, Ashley's character would be openly gay and those pictures on the wall would be rent boys. Might make a great story for the Donald Strachey gay detective books and films that Chad Allen has starred in.
A very clever noir film, let's see a gay remake of this.