Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Cross, Fay Wray
Kathy is a smart and tough 1950's advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name plastered on billboards all over the city. One day, Bill Doyle, a Los Angeles detective, walks into her o...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003
Stats: 24 reviews
Considering the cast, Crime of Passion should've been so much better. A melodramatic attempt at film noir during its death throes Stanwyck plays a driven career woman turned housewife who can't take the mediocrity and boredom of suburban life. For the most part her talent is wast...( read more)
Barbara wraps this one up with gusto. Hayden is his usual lump of inertia but Missy pushes him right out of her way to hit us full boar with her visceral intensity. There are a few performers who have brief moments but once Barbara takes center stage they don't stand a chance.
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