L'affaire de la 99ème rue

Original title: 99 River Street

1953
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1h 23m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

3.7K

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A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.

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A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

3.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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99 River Street: I Don't Cross Friends

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Trivia
The $5 Ernie spends for the box of candy would equate to about $48 in 2019.

Goofs
Rawlins' cigarette when he's obtaining his passport.

Quotes
Ernie Driscoll: There are worse things than murder. You can kill someone an inch at a time.

Connections
Featured in Frances Farmer Presents: 99 River Street (1959)

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Featured review

8/10

Clearly Karlson's best film

Not the meandering KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL. This one has all his best elements: terse, supremely functional scenes, casual brutality, a visual style emphasizing the coarse, glaring surface of things, a view of the world as one big "con" (with actors (!) featured as moral shysters in this case), and a plot that barrels along like a freight train. It also features a surprisingly sympathetic lead character (great job of low-key acting from Payne)and believable interchanges between him and the good and bad women in the film. The ending is a marvel of staging, lighting, and camera movement. This film is the main basis of Karlson's genuine (if minor) film legacy.