Having spent most of the night having to install programs into a new laptop after a family member broke the last one,I decided to end the night with a Noir viewing. Checking Noir files waiting to be opened,I spotted this title with a swift run time, which led to me giving it it's first chance viewing.
View on the film:
Arm-barring anyone who tries to take her down (!) Louise Currie gives the stand-out performance as Summers, thanks to Currie shaking Summers Caper glamour with the quick-wit of a Femme Fatale. One step behind Summers, Kent Taylor brings out a devilish cad flavour as Wolf, who finds his eye on the diamond prize being distracted from the sight of Summers. Shining for a trim 63 minutes, director James Tinling & cinematographer Benjamin H. Kline neatly pair the elegance of Summers and Wolf's thieving Caper with heavies in the underworld and the force waiting round to give neither of them a second chance.
View on the film:
Arm-barring anyone who tries to take her down (!) Louise Currie gives the stand-out performance as Summers, thanks to Currie shaking Summers Caper glamour with the quick-wit of a Femme Fatale. One step behind Summers, Kent Taylor brings out a devilish cad flavour as Wolf, who finds his eye on the diamond prize being distracted from the sight of Summers. Shining for a trim 63 minutes, director James Tinling & cinematographer Benjamin H. Kline neatly pair the elegance of Summers and Wolf's thieving Caper with heavies in the underworld and the force waiting round to give neither of them a second chance.