***SPOILER ALERT***
After the movie was over, I found myself asking: Lee J. Cobb's character knows that his girlfriend is terrified of being murdered, she has evidence that her estranged husband has bought a gun, the man breaks in through the back door and attacks her, she stops him by shooting him... Cullen is a witness, he's a cop in the homicide bureau, he has nothing, legally or morally speaking, to hide about the situation before the shooting takes place, and he knows the shooter is rich and privileged... Why didn't he just tell her to claim self-defense and hire a good lawyer? Which is apparently what she does in the end, anyway.
I never bought their romance, I didn't detect any particular chemistry, I never particularly felt Cullen's emotional investment in what was going on. Was Cobb asking himself what he was doing in such a dull piece of work after distinguishing himself in DEATH OF A SALESMAN? I wouldn't be surprised.
After the movie was over, I found myself asking: Lee J. Cobb's character knows that his girlfriend is terrified of being murdered, she has evidence that her estranged husband has bought a gun, the man breaks in through the back door and attacks her, she stops him by shooting him... Cullen is a witness, he's a cop in the homicide bureau, he has nothing, legally or morally speaking, to hide about the situation before the shooting takes place, and he knows the shooter is rich and privileged... Why didn't he just tell her to claim self-defense and hire a good lawyer? Which is apparently what she does in the end, anyway.
I never bought their romance, I didn't detect any particular chemistry, I never particularly felt Cullen's emotional investment in what was going on. Was Cobb asking himself what he was doing in such a dull piece of work after distinguishing himself in DEATH OF A SALESMAN? I wouldn't be surprised.