Steve Cochran is an Underrated Actor with Smoldering Good Looks and Usually Played the Heavy. This is a Challenging Role Because the Character Must be Vulnerable, Naive, and a Child in a Man's Body.
After being Released from Prison, Sentenced to Serve 18 Years, at 13, for the Shooting Death of His Abusive Father, He is a Lamb Among the Wolves. A Noir Tradition of a Cruel, Cut-Throat World where "Danger Lives" Around Every Corner.
Ruth Roman's Character is a Difficult Part as well. She Must Go from from Dime-a-Dance Dame, Always Looking Out for Number One, to a Caring Wife and Completely Unselfish Woman.
This May Not be a Pure Film-Noir and is a Film that Compromises. Starting in the 1950's Film Studios were Under Pressure from Anti-Communist Crusades and Film-Noir, with Some Exceptions, saw Capitulation Brought On by a Cultural and Political Paranoia. Careers were Lost and Campaigns Begun by Right-Wing Groups "Forced" Movie Makers to Light the Dark Shadows of American Life Appearing that they Didn't Exist.
Overall, this is One of Those Film-Noir from the Fifties and Stickler Fans were Finding Their Noirs Beginning to Soften.This One is Upbeat and More Conventional Movie Making. It's What We Got in the Fifties and Audiences were Given a Rose Colored View of Life. If Only that were True.
After being Released from Prison, Sentenced to Serve 18 Years, at 13, for the Shooting Death of His Abusive Father, He is a Lamb Among the Wolves. A Noir Tradition of a Cruel, Cut-Throat World where "Danger Lives" Around Every Corner.
Ruth Roman's Character is a Difficult Part as well. She Must Go from from Dime-a-Dance Dame, Always Looking Out for Number One, to a Caring Wife and Completely Unselfish Woman.
This May Not be a Pure Film-Noir and is a Film that Compromises. Starting in the 1950's Film Studios were Under Pressure from Anti-Communist Crusades and Film-Noir, with Some Exceptions, saw Capitulation Brought On by a Cultural and Political Paranoia. Careers were Lost and Campaigns Begun by Right-Wing Groups "Forced" Movie Makers to Light the Dark Shadows of American Life Appearing that they Didn't Exist.
Overall, this is One of Those Film-Noir from the Fifties and Stickler Fans were Finding Their Noirs Beginning to Soften.This One is Upbeat and More Conventional Movie Making. It's What We Got in the Fifties and Audiences were Given a Rose Colored View of Life. If Only that were True.