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Dedicated film buffs will find only three elements of interest in this
otherwise disappointing production.
1. It was shot in Anscocolor, a process originally developed in Germany
designed to compete with Technicolor which it did with some success into
the 1950's. It's use here is unintentionally amusing because in the VHS
version it has been so badly degraded that rather than full color most
of the scenes appear as sepia-toned with the exception of Burgess
Meredith's hair which is an incongruous flaming red!
Anscocolor was used successfully in a number of films during this same
era such as The Student Prince, Brigadoon, Take the High Ground (with
Richard Widmark) and The Long, Long Trailer starring Lucille Ball and
Desi Arnaz.
2. The atmosphere of post-war Paris is used to good effect and is
historically interesting, but still meager compensation for a dull,
plodding narrative.
3. While Burgess Meredith is listed as the director there were actually
two others. Irving Allen, who later went on to become a noted producer, was replaced
at the insistence of Charles Laughton who then directed the scenes in
which Meredith appeared.
If you are fan of Georges Simenon's detective novels, you will also be
annoyed by Laughton's uninspired portrayal of the iconic Inspector
Maigret.....
otherwise disappointing production.
1. It was shot in Anscocolor, a process originally developed in Germany
designed to compete with Technicolor which it did with some success into
the 1950's. It's use here is unintentionally amusing because in the VHS
version it has been so badly degraded that rather than full color most
of the scenes appear as sepia-toned with the exception of Burgess
Meredith's hair which is an incongruous flaming red!
Anscocolor was used successfully in a number of films during this same
era such as The Student Prince, Brigadoon, Take the High Ground (with
Richard Widmark) and The Long, Long Trailer starring Lucille Ball and
Desi Arnaz.
2. The atmosphere of post-war Paris is used to good effect and is
historically interesting, but still meager compensation for a dull,
plodding narrative.
3. While Burgess Meredith is listed as the director there were actually
two others. Irving Allen, who later went on to become a noted producer, was replaced
at the insistence of Charles Laughton who then directed the scenes in
which Meredith appeared.
If you are fan of Georges Simenon's detective novels, you will also be
annoyed by Laughton's uninspired portrayal of the iconic Inspector
Maigret.....
Shown for theatrically for the first time in 40 years at the 2003 San Francisco Noir Festival, this rediscovered gem has some of
the classic elements that make the genre so appealing; here an innocent bystander to a murder is on the run with a wife who is
desperately trying to find him before the cops or the killer can get to him.
A wisecracking Ann Sheridan careens around San Francisco with reporter Dennis OÕKeefe who may or may not be an ally.
One of the delights of this film is that the city is portrayed realistically with picturesque 1950 settings in North Beach,
Chinatown, Telegraph Hill and the long gone Playland at the Beach.
One interesting bit of trivia: Norman Foster later ditched the noir formula and became a successful director of Disney hits such as Zorro and Davy Crockett and eventually went on to direct episodes of the Batman and Green Hornet television series..
the classic elements that make the genre so appealing; here an innocent bystander to a murder is on the run with a wife who is
desperately trying to find him before the cops or the killer can get to him.
A wisecracking Ann Sheridan careens around San Francisco with reporter Dennis OÕKeefe who may or may not be an ally.
One of the delights of this film is that the city is portrayed realistically with picturesque 1950 settings in North Beach,
Chinatown, Telegraph Hill and the long gone Playland at the Beach.
One interesting bit of trivia: Norman Foster later ditched the noir formula and became a successful director of Disney hits such as Zorro and Davy Crockett and eventually went on to direct episodes of the Batman and Green Hornet television series..
Considered to be one of Director Richard SiodmakÕs noir classics, this film will intrigue fans of the genre but still falls short on
the story line.
It doesnÕt make any difference. You get to see Tony Curtis in his film debut dancing to a rhumba band with Yvonne De Carlo!
Burt Lancaster, who Siodmak directed earlier in The Killers and later in The Crimson Pirate, works well as a tragic figure, and who can ignore Dan DuryeaÕs classic gangster dressed in a black shirt and white tie?
Exterior shots of post-war Los Angeles, including the Angels Flight funicular, are an extra bonus...
the story line.
It doesnÕt make any difference. You get to see Tony Curtis in his film debut dancing to a rhumba band with Yvonne De Carlo!
Burt Lancaster, who Siodmak directed earlier in The Killers and later in The Crimson Pirate, works well as a tragic figure, and who can ignore Dan DuryeaÕs classic gangster dressed in a black shirt and white tie?
Exterior shots of post-war Los Angeles, including the Angels Flight funicular, are an extra bonus...