Oh, I dug this. Preminger delivers solid Beverly Hills noir with a dollop of Freudian melodrama. Mitchum is great as a super cynical "I'm wise to you" pragmatist who still winds up taking the fall for the nutty dame. Nutty dames...
Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
DVD Release Date: January 23, 2007
Stats: 56 reviews
Flixster Reviews (56)
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January 27, 2008
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January 25, 2008
A good noir with some really good scenes but overall it does not quite deserves its reputation as on of the genre's best. True enough, Mitchum is great in it and his character has the nice habit to destroy any kind of romanticism as soon as it appears. Other than that I am sure c...( read more)
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November 11, 2008
Good Lord, the ending simply RUINED this otherwise fine movie. The wedding-in-hospital-jail scene was quite the hoot, tho!
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October 4, 2008
Fantastic, I saw this in conjunction wtih Hitchcocks "Suspicion" and I thought this was much better. Up until the first car 'fall it seemed like an okay film, but after i was riveted.
Loved the ending, not what you expect, reminds me of Vertigo in a way,
Jeans Simmons was excel...( read more)
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