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A boring noir, that's all.
searchanddestroy-111 November 2012
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A rare item, this Twentieth Century Fox little noir film from the late forties. But so boring and talkative, if you compare to Warner movies from the same decade. Not uninteresting, although, but uninspired tale of a private eye trying to solve a murder case about a man accused of a crime he did not commit. Paul Kelly does his best to save this forgettable feature. James Tinling was a Fox yes man who, among other films, directed some Charlie Chan and Mr Moto films. It could be worth to purchase his other movies, even if they are that avoidable; only if you are a real movie buff.

If you can get it by chance, take it. But if not...

A typical B among a billion other ones.
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3/10
They passed the deadline for a discernable plotline.
mark.waltz6 March 2024
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Okay, I get the gyst of this story regarding the crime going on, but the way it's told hardly flows in a sensible way. Sheila Ryan is a reporter who gets in trouble for trying to get the scoop on documents involving European oil fields and some murders that are tied in. Ryan ends up being locked in a room (guarded by Jodi Gilbert, a gentler looking version of Hope Emerson) by police lieutenant Paul Kelly and his gambler/detective pal, Kent Taylor. I guess that Kelly is out to solve the crime and doesn't want Ryan mucking things up.

A messy script that seems to have eliminated some necessary details is the main fault of this second rate film noir with a few amusing comic elements. Ryan trying to fool Gilbert so she can escape is amusing, utilizing her hat as a key prop. Marion Martin, Jerome Cowan and Renee Carson are tossed into this stew that adds too many inappropriate ingredients. The film really just seems to establish no real purpose, and that's the main problem. The positive element is that it's over in 65 minutes, but only at the end does anything remotely sensible appear to be revealed.
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10/10
Sheila Ryan was a hot babe! Love This Picture
vilenciaproductions13 November 2020
Deadline For Murder is an excellent Fox Picture starring beautiful sexy Sheila Ryan! She's just gorgeous, love the scene when Tiny lockers her in the room! Everybody in this picture is excellent! I was lucky enough to snag an original 16mm print from year of release! It looks so cool projected on the big screen! It's the only way to see a black and white flick, on FILM! On a projector! It's only 65 minutes and that's a good thing! Shorter pictures seem to be better! Murder and oil fields in Central Europe, more international oil problems, my how times haven't changed, we only been at war for oil since 911, that's almost 20 years ago! Best part of all, the cast members have no colored hair, no tattoos, no cell phones, computers, covid-19 masks, bad and fowl language! When Kent Taylor slaps Shelia Ryan in the armchair, she looked so sexy and alluring the audiences knew they were going to bone each other! They just didn't need to show it! What normal guy won't want to bone her! See this flick on film if you can! I hope Fox saved the 35mm CUT negative and track but they are so stupid! Come on, they let Walt Disney buy them? What A Joke F----- Star Wars! Sol M. Wurtzel produced 18 features from 1946 to 1949 and they were all excellent "B" flicks! I'll take anything made during the 1940's opposed to the trash made from 1966 to 2020! Time to project this flick again as we're in November 2020, just can't wait to be vaccinated with the Pfizer dope so we can all die from Covid! Now where did I put that mask???? Later!
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