'Why Women Sin" - not a great substitute title for the French, 'La Moucharde" (Informer, grass, snitch). A tale of greed gone wild. Seemingly sympathetic Betty (Dany Carrel) is left in the lurch when a friendly truck offers a ride. He's too friendly right away, but Betty puts him off and from then on he's smitten. Once arrived at her destination, Betty is soon caught by police (she'd escaped a reformatory). They offer her freedom if she agrees to act…
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That Is All 2019
Good actors and excellent cinematography highlight this character study of a sexually conflicted man. Handsome Ryan (Joel Ballanger) clearly has personal issues that complicate his life. We see him in company with others and alone, where he indulges desires he's prefer to deny. When a male friend starts showing strong romantic interest, Ryan goes along. It's fine, until it's not. A well-presented portrait showing the quiet torment of self-denial in some men who fear what others may think. What we…
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Appointment with Danger 1950
Excellent lesser-known crime thriller with an interesting character angle. Alan Ladd plays a hardened postal inspector sent to investigate a murder connected to the system. His only witness is a nun (Phyllis Calvert) whose interactions with him are more interesting than you might think. Ladd also deals with a mob doll, played by Jan Sterling, who is interesting in a different way: she's a big jazz fan. The rest of the cast couldn't be better: Paul Stewart, Harry Morgan and…
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99 River Street 1953
Top-level film noir, with all the classic ingredients. 99 RIVER STREET has everything you might want or expect in a film noir: a down-and-out protagonist, an unfaithful wife, a shadowy, uncaring city environment, ruthless villains, and a general sense of doom. John Payne is excellent as Ernie, a once-promising boxer, now a has-been, just making ends meet as a cab driver. He's married to a beautiful, but selfish and unfaithful wife (Peggie Castle), the inadvertent femme fatale. She's seeing villainous…
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