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This is one of my favorite Film Noirs, and probably my favorite Edward G. Robinson role. In part because the character he plays here is much like the real-life Edward G. Robinson - an educated, refined man who would probably know about as much about pulling off "the perfect crime" as my Sunday school teacher. His performance as his life spirals out of control is just spellbinding. 8/10.

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BTW, I'm putting together a ping list, so if anyone is interested, let me know. I'm primarily posting film noir and WW2 movies, but will expand into westerns and (hopefully) international/foreign films when I get the opportunity. There will also be a "clip of the week" for rarer/obscure films I think people might find interesting.

1 posted on 08/15/2014 9:23:17 PM PDT by DemforBush
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BTW, Lang and the studio were pressured by the movie codes/morals board of the day to lighten the mood/theme of the film. Lang resisted for the most part, but there is one rather obvious concession at one point in the film (you’ll see what I mean).


2 posted on 08/15/2014 9:24:47 PM PDT by DemforBush (Six o'clock in *Berlin*. They were having lunch in Cleveland.)
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I just recently had the chance to see this movie and it was a good one!


4 posted on 08/15/2014 9:57:51 PM PDT by peteyd (A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
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I’ve gotten to where I order old films from TCM or AMAZON.

Who needs modern CGI si-fi movies when you got this great stuff to watch which doesn’t make your ears burn with vile language and actually HAS A PLOT!

last night and tonight I’ve been watching some old Boris Karloff movies I’ve never seen! Right now I am watching THE TOWER OF LONDON.

Others I’ve seen in the last week have been ..
NIGHT KEY
THE CLIMAX
THE STRANGE DOOR
THE BLACK CASTLE.

Next week it will be old Bela Legosi movies I’ve never seen!
Then Lon Chaney Jr movies!

Last month it was Pirate movies from the 1930s through the 1950s!
The month before it was Vincent Price movies!
Oh forgot one I received not long ago..THE BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH! Great old movie!


5 posted on 08/15/2014 10:07:37 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (SOUL BROTHER! This house is not armed! (Signs people thought would protect them in the 1960s))
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Later


6 posted on 08/15/2014 10:13:50 PM PDT by gaijin
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I just enjoyed Orwell”s “1984” starring Edmund O’Brien on You Tube. I think I’ll do more of this.


7 posted on 08/16/2014 1:50:40 AM PDT by haroldeveryman
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I jut sat at my computer and watched a 1942 movie with Robert Cummings & Priscilla Lane...I think it was called Saboteur
GREAT MOVIE. Subscription movies are not in my budget, & so it's youtube & film noir movies, and my buttery popcorn!
8 posted on 08/16/2014 4:05:14 AM PDT by itssme
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To: DemforBush

Count me in please


9 posted on 08/16/2014 5:38:44 AM PDT by verga (Conservative, leaning libertarian)
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Please add me to your list.


10 posted on 09/12/2014 7:34:16 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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