The basic theme much reminds of the prior "High Sierra". In both films, Ida Lupino plays a girl who, by chance, becomes involved with an escaped convict, on the run. We correctly sense that their desperate relationship will end in heartbreak in the not too distant future. Of course, the details of the 2 films are quite different. I would say that this film is the more interesting, of the 2. For one thing, the romantic attachment clearly is much stronger . Then, Ida's character here: Libby is much more repressed, due to her physical isolation in this remote forest, and the emotional isolation between her parents, and between them and her. Dane Clark plays Humphrey Bogart's role, in the prior film, as the escaped convict, and looks rather like him. His name is Barry. He and Libby are like 2 wounded animals who happen upon each other in an obscure forest setting, and it doesn't take long for them to establish a romantic connection. Later, Libby has a chance to escape her miserable life by marrying road construction engineer Jeff Barker(Wayne Morris). But, she doesn't feel a connection with him, like she does with Barry. However, at film's end, Libby and Jeff are seen walking off together., suggesting that Libby finally faced the reality that her imagined future with Barry would amount to a continuing nightmare, as long as law enforcement was hot on his trail..........Fay Banter plays Libby's mother, while Henry Hull plays her father..........I fell in love with Ida many years ago. She was so cute, with a pug nose and those gorgeous eyes. And, she usually seemed to play hard luck girls. Actually, I think this was her most sentimental role that I remember.
Review of Deep Valley
