One of the great things about film noir is that even though the key ingredients are over-familiar, if cooked up right they still taste fresh. A case in point is Framed, with a storyline straight out of chapter One of "Let's make a Film Noir". Down on his luck drifter meets a conniving dame who thinks he's just the ticket to act as the fall guy in her murderous scheme. Except that the potential patsy is way ahead of her and saved by his suspicion of dames that are just a tad too eager to help a total stranger they barely met. He almost falls for her obvious charms, but pulls away from the abyss just in time to turn her over to the law. No way he's gonna take the fall for her. When his partner is falsely accused of murder, he's supposed to do something about it, right? (Thanks,Bogey!). Yes, you've seen it all before in better and worse movies than this, but this one has everything we like about noir and served up in just the right way. Enjoy!
Review of Framed
