Review of The Long Night

To say this was some kind of masterpiece is hard to believe but I will say the story did have some interest. The situation that the main players were placed came across as riveting but it moved at a snail's pace. And with the situation switching from present-time to past-time, made for some confusion as the viewer tried to follow the plot and remember how the story was progressing. Without giving away any of the plot, I found that the main source of confusion was they way the crowd, below the apartment, acted from one scene to the other. It was like they ran hot and then cold all in one progression. > There were some nice performances as Vincent Price was at his best during this film. His character, and they way Mr Price played the character, came across as one of the best performance he had given. Henry Fonda which usually adds to the story, was figured out in the first ten minutes of the film and nothing really new was introduced. As to say, the film became boring very early and did not pick up till the very end. > If this movie has been edited to about an hour in length, then it may have caused more interest.. After ten minutes of the movie, I kept looking for something that was shocking or caused excitement- however there was none forthcoming to the very end. By that time interest was cold.