Karthik
7Apr12
Wow hadn't heard of this film before. i have to see it!
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Ingrid Bergman
26May12
Fabulous noir. Dick Powell is great as Marlowe and Claire Trevor is cute as lace pants. Loved the narrative too!
Lights in the Dusk
6Apr12
Along with Kiss Me Deadly, one of the strangest of all detective movies. A film full of bizarre interactions, stilted dialogues, hallucinations, punning one-liners and some of the most abstract and theatrical compositions ever featured in a 'classical' Hollywood noir. I couldn't take my eyes off it! The detective film as subjective nightmare; more a precursor to Blue Velvet than a descendant of The Maltese Falcon.
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Molly Epstein
6Mar12
a classic film noir prototype with classic plays on narrative techniques from old hollywood. spectacular in it's chaos, it's worth seeing. if not for any other reason, to see Claire Trevor as the heart-wrenchingly sexy femme fatale.
Howard Orr
2Jan12
One of that lost breed of films where every shot and line of dialogue is crafted with a care for economy and simplicity. And Mazurki's iniitial appearance in the reflection of that window is bloody terrifying.
Lefteris Becerra
21Jun11
soluciones visuales igual de elaboradas y complejas que la trama, gran trabajo de fotografía
Dave
30May11
This screen cap says it all...looks spectacular. And Dick Powell is wonderful as Philip Marlowe. With Powell, Marlowe is even wittier, even more cynical in his observations than when played by Bogart.. Powell sells it all perfectly, delivering the sharp one-liners with a deadpan expression that is both laugh-out-loud funny and knowingly tough.
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