I don't care how many times people repeat it, this is not film noir. It's a love quadrangle - the kind of movie my mom used to watch in the afternoons back in the late 60's during "Dialing for Dollars". Basically, it's trash. It's a melodrama. It's about unrequited love. It's about being bored with your wife and family life. There's no sinister femme fatale here, just a young model who is alone and just wants a guy who is nice to her. Raymond Burr is pretty creepy as a stalker, but does his character make this noir?
This film is OK at best, but it just isn't noir. If you like melodramas, soul searching, and flat, even, MGM-style lighting, you'll enjoy this movie. If you're looking for a shadowy, sinister, back-stabbing film noir, you'd be better off with Murder My Sweet, Criss Cross, Detour, Kiss Me Deadly, and about a hundred others.
This film is OK at best, but it just isn't noir. If you like melodramas, soul searching, and flat, even, MGM-style lighting, you'll enjoy this movie. If you're looking for a shadowy, sinister, back-stabbing film noir, you'd be better off with Murder My Sweet, Criss Cross, Detour, Kiss Me Deadly, and about a hundred others.