Here is Joan Crawford, Sydney Greenstreet, Director Michael Curtiz, and Composer Max Steiner in a Watchable Mishmash of Politics and Sociology Combined with Soap Opera and Intrigue.
There is some Snappy Dialog and the Film Looks Stunning in the Director's Usual Visual Style. Crawford, still Hanging On to a Mid-Twenties Role, Effortlessly Throws Barbs while Mesmerizing any Men Within Range (call it suspension of disbelief).
With Greenstreet at His Slimy Best as the most Corrupt of Sheriffs there is a lot of Backstabbing and Blackmail. But by the End the Political Positioning gets so Convoluted it Hardly Matters and the Movie Collapses Under the Weight of all that Stuff that was Thrown Up there On the Screen.
But Overall, there is Enough Entertainment Value to Keep Things Interesting and it is Worth a Watch for Joan Crawford Fans as this was a Transition Period where She Soon would Give In and Play Roles at Least Closed to Her Own Age and Accept that She was not Ageless and it Took More than Sheer Will to make it Work.
There is some Snappy Dialog and the Film Looks Stunning in the Director's Usual Visual Style. Crawford, still Hanging On to a Mid-Twenties Role, Effortlessly Throws Barbs while Mesmerizing any Men Within Range (call it suspension of disbelief).
With Greenstreet at His Slimy Best as the most Corrupt of Sheriffs there is a lot of Backstabbing and Blackmail. But by the End the Political Positioning gets so Convoluted it Hardly Matters and the Movie Collapses Under the Weight of all that Stuff that was Thrown Up there On the Screen.
But Overall, there is Enough Entertainment Value to Keep Things Interesting and it is Worth a Watch for Joan Crawford Fans as this was a Transition Period where She Soon would Give In and Play Roles at Least Closed to Her Own Age and Accept that She was not Ageless and it Took More than Sheer Will to make it Work.