Calcutta (1946)
7/10
Alan Ladd, smugglers and Gail's stage fright!!
24 February 2024
It was a second movie of Ladd-Russell, this small Noir-adventure is quite interesting, one biggest hits of the tiny Alan Ladd, took place at India where he portraits an aircraft pilot Neale Gordon side by side with two closest friends Pedro Blake (William Bendix) and Bill Cunnigham (John Whitney), everything goes upside down when Bill out of the blue advises them is about to marry with an American girl Virginia Moore (Gail Russell) letting those die-hard bachelors baffled, to worse at same night he was found death throttled by rope at Calcutta's alley, Neale bitterly annoyed starts an own act of factfinding to get any hint to take the murder or mastermind, reaching in smuggling of jewelry thru airplane into China.

Well is a summarized plot, take a look individually on Gail Russell's character, is quite noticeable her nervous break down on stage, some reliable sources point out that Gail had to drink to calm down a lit bit to able to act, reading her mini-bio stay clear since tender age Gail has a stage fright, thus question remains, why her family allowed such painful plight goes along, some critics said that Gail Russell looks like Hedy Lamarr, a keen eye should acknowledge such statement, anyhow it ends up tragically when Gail still at mid-age was victimized by alcoholic addicting to act fearless.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.
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