Adrian Morris, Bette Davis, Dick Foran
Adapted from a hit Broadway play by Robert Sherwood and starring original cast members Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart, this 1936 suspense drama is set in an aging desert roadhouse café, wher...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
Stats: 178 reviews
a very diologue driven gangster picture that delivers. the acting was very good and the story well told despite the fact that it was incredibly simple. the entire film essentially takes place on a single set and no "event" really takes place throughout the film, but the diologu...( read more)
Leslie Howard and Betty Davis have zero chemistry in this film. However the unexpected story and Bogart make this film a real pleasure.
Bette Davis is still cute and Bogart is frightening in one of his first movies.
It's so true when people say that they don't make movies like these anymore. First of all, the script to this moral story is exemplary and almost poetic. The film has been adapted from a stage play an feels very much like one onscreen. I personally like this. The cinematography i...( read more)
incredible movie.bogart was the best in my opinion but the others was ok too
Taken individually, the performances in this movie are little more than colorful. Taken into account as a group, the actors establish a consistent and engaging energy that makes this movie work as well as it can. Original, smartly directed and backed up by a good script.
For a 90 minute film, it sure has an incredibly slow build-up (deathly so). The Boggy hits the screen like a 7-Foot Giant--terrifying yet human, turning the last 45 minutes into a legendary career.
This is where Bogart got his first big break as a heavy in Hollywood. Thanks to Leslie Howard who suggested Bogart play in this film version of the stage play they both were known for at the time. The film isnt very long and the story is straightforward. Its held together by inte...( read more)
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