Rezension von michaelchager

The camera work, screenplay, acting and direction provide a real 1955 vehicle starring also Fords and Mercuries. There is a wonderful car collision that throws off the drive-by shooter. Guns are used periodically. Ellen Corby adds her familiarity to a special cast particularly if you spent the1950s watching TV. There is a sense of reality that even if these anre actors they are real actors. Edward G Robinson in a fatherly role. Hugh Marlowe as the protagonist is so great an actor- reminiscent of Richard Basehart. Nina Foch provides a strong character. If this is noir it is also realism as these adults could have lived down the street in 1955 in these roles. So fortunate that Warners was still turning out really good black and white movies about crime this late into the fifties.