Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake
A piano player, Al (Tom Neal), sets off hitchhiking his way to California to be with his girl. Along the way, a stranger in a convertible gives him a ride. While driving, Al stops to put the top up du...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 26, 2000
Stats: 188 reviews
As a quintessential example of the classic film noir style, this is not to be missed.
The story is mostly predictable, but the journey itself is good fun.
This film is so "noir" that at times...it seems almost like a parody!
Ann Savages performance as (Bad girl) "Vera" is not ...( read more)
Doh! Hate it when I think I there is a great movie that I haven't seen - and it turns out I've actually seen it.
Pretty killer z-budget noir. Great femme fatale / nagging sloppy drunk live-in girlfriend. Lesson: fate will crush a wus, everytime.
Great B Noir. Well worth checking out, just to see Tom Neal's disheartening look.
This is one of the classics of "film noir!" There's always some that isn't what is may seems and that film style is such a "lost art" now.
Film noir at its best of a piano playing misanthrope hitchhiking to be with his love and finds himself in the worst kind of trouble.
The sound quality on TCM was horrible, so I'm not sure what anybody actually said.
Mucho cuidado con lo que haces!
Vera es terriblemente fatal, una buena peli que logra entretener de la manera esperada pero no por ello monótona
Ann Savage died Christmas day. Her role in this movie was a reversal in an age when women weren't considered anything more than housewives. In this role she was the perfect predator, vicious & a Vixen from Hell.
It lives on, haunting and creepy, an embodiment of the guilty soul of film noir. No one who has seen it has easily forgotten it. full review
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