A Film-Noir That Seems at Times Constructed with a Bit of an Awkward Composite. Charles McGraw is Cast Against Type as a Romantic and Joan Dixon's Femme Fatale is Written with an Abrupt Change of Character.
Nicholas Muscara is Behind the Camera but it's Not His A-Game. However, Despite the Film's Inconsistent Flavor it Manages to be a Very Watchable Example, if Not a Pristine Example of the Genre.
The Theme is Noir For Sure. A Downward Spiral of a Good Man Gone Bad by an Infatuation with a Glamorous Girl's Temptive Allure. By the Time She has a Change of Heart, the Damage is Done and there is No Turning Back. That Aids the Cautionary Tale of Life's Many Roads to Take and Be Careful of the Detours.
Overall, a Good Example of the Genre but Perhaps Not the Best. McGraw and Dixon are Fine and the Story is Typical, but the Movie Lacks Style and is Pedestrian in the Way it is Cobbled Together. It Seems Inattentive at Times with a Distinct Aloff Concern for the Weight of the Material.
Still, it has Enough Going for it to Recommend and is Not Fully a Disappointment, Just Given a Little More Concern for the Film as a Whole it Remains Competent and a Contender, but Not that of a Champion.
Nicholas Muscara is Behind the Camera but it's Not His A-Game. However, Despite the Film's Inconsistent Flavor it Manages to be a Very Watchable Example, if Not a Pristine Example of the Genre.
The Theme is Noir For Sure. A Downward Spiral of a Good Man Gone Bad by an Infatuation with a Glamorous Girl's Temptive Allure. By the Time She has a Change of Heart, the Damage is Done and there is No Turning Back. That Aids the Cautionary Tale of Life's Many Roads to Take and Be Careful of the Detours.
Overall, a Good Example of the Genre but Perhaps Not the Best. McGraw and Dixon are Fine and the Story is Typical, but the Movie Lacks Style and is Pedestrian in the Way it is Cobbled Together. It Seems Inattentive at Times with a Distinct Aloff Concern for the Weight of the Material.
Still, it has Enough Going for it to Recommend and is Not Fully a Disappointment, Just Given a Little More Concern for the Film as a Whole it Remains Competent and a Contender, but Not that of a Champion.