Slowly Becoming a Fan-Favorite.
This Bare-Bones Noir was Once-Thought Lost, or at Least in a Presentable Print.
Enter Nicolas Winding Redford, a Cult-Filmmaker with a Considerable and Controversial Filmography.
He Financed the Restoration of a Found but Neglected Print.
Eddie Muller, "The Czar of Noir", Did What He Could to Promote the Movie to Amnesiac Film-Historians and Aloof Moderns.
Both NWR and Muller seem to be Somewhat Successful.
With Screenings and Promotions for the Underrated and Unappreciated Film-Noir from the "Glory-Days" (1946-50).
Once Viewed with the Respect that a Low-Low-Budget Film Requires, it has Shocked, Amused, and Mostly Admired by Film-Noir-Fanatics.
Sleazy as They Come, after 1950 Pure Noir Faded Fast.
With the Post-War Revelry and Exploitation and Pressure from the Uppity Over-Seers...
Looking Out For You... The Govt. And Law-Enforcement is Your Friend.
This is One that is a Must-See for its Great Inexpensive Cast Playing Memorable Dregs, and Acting Like Their Career Depended on it.
Filmed On-Location on the Streets of NYC and Sets that Reek of Crime, Disease, and Corruption.
There is Not One, but Many Stand-Out Performances In-Front of and Behind the Camera.
You Might Feel Like a Shower After This One Fades to Black. But That's the Point.
A Point that was Lost on Film-Makers in the 1950's, Mostly Because of the Aforementioned Eisenhower Era of Suburban Dreams.
The Most Loud and Relatable Criticism of the Movie is the Overly-Convoluted Plot.
Big-Budget A-List Movies ("The Big Sleep" 1946), Managed that in Spades with Phillip Marlowe (Bogart).
So, Swallow that Barking with a "Grain of Salt".
Revel in the Rediscovery and the Restoration.
The Film-Noir Genre (Organic & Spontaneously) Dared to Take-On Humanities Foibles.
After the War was Won, Film Artists were Very Creative in Exposing that Which was "Not Talked About" in the Hypocritical Dream-Houses of Post-War America.
This is, or Was, a Quintessential "Hidden- Gem".
Thanks to Modern Technology and Passionate Film-Buffs,
It is Not-Hidden Anymore.
This Bare-Bones Noir was Once-Thought Lost, or at Least in a Presentable Print.
Enter Nicolas Winding Redford, a Cult-Filmmaker with a Considerable and Controversial Filmography.
He Financed the Restoration of a Found but Neglected Print.
Eddie Muller, "The Czar of Noir", Did What He Could to Promote the Movie to Amnesiac Film-Historians and Aloof Moderns.
Both NWR and Muller seem to be Somewhat Successful.
With Screenings and Promotions for the Underrated and Unappreciated Film-Noir from the "Glory-Days" (1946-50).
Once Viewed with the Respect that a Low-Low-Budget Film Requires, it has Shocked, Amused, and Mostly Admired by Film-Noir-Fanatics.
Sleazy as They Come, after 1950 Pure Noir Faded Fast.
With the Post-War Revelry and Exploitation and Pressure from the Uppity Over-Seers...
Looking Out For You... The Govt. And Law-Enforcement is Your Friend.
This is One that is a Must-See for its Great Inexpensive Cast Playing Memorable Dregs, and Acting Like Their Career Depended on it.
Filmed On-Location on the Streets of NYC and Sets that Reek of Crime, Disease, and Corruption.
There is Not One, but Many Stand-Out Performances In-Front of and Behind the Camera.
You Might Feel Like a Shower After This One Fades to Black. But That's the Point.
A Point that was Lost on Film-Makers in the 1950's, Mostly Because of the Aforementioned Eisenhower Era of Suburban Dreams.
The Most Loud and Relatable Criticism of the Movie is the Overly-Convoluted Plot.
Big-Budget A-List Movies ("The Big Sleep" 1946), Managed that in Spades with Phillip Marlowe (Bogart).
So, Swallow that Barking with a "Grain of Salt".
Revel in the Rediscovery and the Restoration.
The Film-Noir Genre (Organic & Spontaneously) Dared to Take-On Humanities Foibles.
After the War was Won, Film Artists were Very Creative in Exposing that Which was "Not Talked About" in the Hypocritical Dream-Houses of Post-War America.
This is, or Was, a Quintessential "Hidden- Gem".
Thanks to Modern Technology and Passionate Film-Buffs,
It is Not-Hidden Anymore.