Very good lead and character acting, A very believable story line, this movie is also paced well, and the acting very good. Burt Lancaster, Claude Rains , Paul Henried, Sam Jaffe and Peter Lorre are all in the right parts and do a great job. Corrine Calvet does avery good job in the part of a low level con artist who makes her money by blackmails wealthy men who gets in above her head with prominent corrupt officials. The plot has many twists and betrayals, yet never gets confusing. There is the desert, greed,love, brutality with quality acting throughout makes this post WWII drama enjoyable to watch. This is not a B-movie, this is not a solid film noir, but has some noir overtones.
Review of Rope of Sand
