Hands down this is one of the best pieces of Film Noir ever made. Jesus I love this movie!! The way it opens with that long walk down the hall, every frame, every damn minute of this film is pure genius. Truly--they just don't make 'em like this anymore and there are no actors today who could play these roles. Thanks for posting this!!!!
@PizzaFLIX5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you!
@Fandango5415 жыл бұрын
@@PizzaFLIX 🤣The Sauce is strong in this one!
@glendasmilesalot29595 жыл бұрын
You took the words right out of my mouth David! I love when the pharmacist had perfect aim when he cracked Chester in the head with bottle!
@foveauxbear5 жыл бұрын
I'm quite sure Jesus never saw it ...
@LRBeforeTheInternet4 жыл бұрын
@David Loehmann I'm not so sure your vision hasn't been completely clouded by the nostalgia goggles you're currently wearing, David. Sure, It's an entertaining flick, but it's all over the map when it comes to acting, dialog, and edits that are rather amateurish at best, even for the time and lack of budget. It's the plot of the film that keeps me interested and despite the rather derivative script of the remake, I think the 1988 version is far superior.
@davidparris7167 Жыл бұрын
This a favorite of mine. A wonderful noir classic with Edmond O'Brien giving one of his finest performances along with all the others involved who can all take a well-deserved bow. Have watched it many times and has never lost its power and sheer old school entertainment value.
@Is..41105 жыл бұрын
It's because of this movie that I'm a huge fan of film noir..... Edmund O'Brien was a brilliant actor and the ladies of that era , no one else compares...
@JC-gw3yo Жыл бұрын
Great actors, great plot and great movie
@glorialange64466 ай бұрын
Brilliant. No other version of the movie can match this one. Edmond O'Brien and his first mention of his own murder was superb!
@VeraStiopul-ws6zp3 ай бұрын
Yes I knew he will say that
@kell46745 жыл бұрын
Brilliant film. Seen this several times and never tire of it. The writers should have received Oscar nominations.
@DME3094 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Sensational. The Best
@angelawilliams9088 Жыл бұрын
I agree with everything you said!
@pamthompson3170 Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite version so far.
@maureenkirby12072 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite film noir movies! Keeps you on the edge of your seat even tho I've viewed it many times. Great atmosphere.
@eileenmchale3140 Жыл бұрын
Yes - I agree.xx
@ECheatwood15 жыл бұрын
Saw this movie as a kid and it was responsible for my love of classic movies ever since.
@albietide5 жыл бұрын
My grandmother saw this film when it first appeared in theaters.
@akarpowicz5 жыл бұрын
When I was a teen mid 197o's, , my mother heard DOA was going to be shown on TV. She remembered seeing it in the threatre. We huddled around the one TV with an antenna that could pick up the station that was showing it. (Rural area.) It was very fuzzy, We loved it. I'd never heard the term film noir. This was my introduction.
@charliegrove1995 жыл бұрын
@@albietide night of teliveing ded
@cynthiaenglish27362 жыл бұрын
I LOVE Edmund O’Brien whether radio or films. I heard the radio version of DOA and loved it. Seeing the movie was even more rewarding. Thank you!
@michaelknapp89615 жыл бұрын
I just watched the whole thing. Holy mother of god was it good!!!!! How come I’ve never heard of this film???? This is the best film noir I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen a lot of them. It is a roller coaster of drama gripping you tightly and never letting you go. It’s noir at its finest!! I’m gonna try to find it on DVD somewhere. What a treat!!!!!
@newtronix4 жыл бұрын
Man that was a fantastic movie. For want of sounding clichéd, they don't make 'em like that any more.
@wilsonpicket8505 Жыл бұрын
GREAT flick! I never get tired of it.
@jeccawillow36354 жыл бұрын
This film is edge of the seat , gripping and a very clever black and white thriller. Excellent acting and clever twists . Thoroughly brilliant. Thank you for sharing.
@dadycreations1005 жыл бұрын
The initial long walk down the hall and an original plot, the victim of an homicide who kills his own killer prior this one would kill him, are the biggest merits of this historical movie. Engaging.
@ItsKrma00Ай бұрын
One of a kind plot, one ot a kind fabulous actor and most importantly - one of a kind PIZZA. Thank-you for endless hours of entertainment at the touch of a keyboard, at our leisure all thanks to PizzaFlix ❤❤❤
@foveauxbear5 жыл бұрын
Loved this little gem, every thing was first class: acting, cinematography, musical score.
@Charlie-pe1vr5 жыл бұрын
Young kids don’t appreciate movies like this. Love the old classic. Keep them coming
@Reciprocity_Soils5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, PizzaFlix, for uploading some wonderful movies for a rainy afternoon. Great movie with a winding storyline.
@twinkle30265 жыл бұрын
I have never watched a film, starring Edmond O'Brien, which is deemed less than a masterpiece!
@lizlocher3612 Жыл бұрын
This was an excellent film noir, very intriguing and fast paced and hard to figure out so it kept me totally interested throughout!! Wonderful FRIDAY EVENING Fodder for the soul!!!
@akarpowicz5 жыл бұрын
Aaaah, my Edmond O'Brien fix. Love this film. It never fails to satisfy.
@orchardist65595 жыл бұрын
Any film with Edmond O’Brien is well worth seeing. The penny-whistle is quite funny but not sure it doesn’t detract from the serious aspect of a wonderful film. Outside shot of Bigalow running in panic is just so good. Thank you for posting.
@Dick675 жыл бұрын
yeah whats with that goofy whistle?
@Fandango5415 жыл бұрын
I frickin hate that penny-whistle!! I think it was added later by the studio who believed it didn't have enuf 'kick' to it. Those studio execs had the $$$ but they also had the brains god gave a turd--no brains at all.
@stephenarling16674 жыл бұрын
The goofy slide whistle adds tension to the film, leading the viewer to wonder "what is this strange thing that's about to unfold?"
@joestupid25714 жыл бұрын
Whistle should be muted. It was stupid.
@chrisk81875 жыл бұрын
Now THAT was a GREAT MOVIE!!!! And on very level; great script, acting, cinematography, musical score, suspense, plot twists, you name it! THANKS FOR UPLOADING!!!
@jjamo54 жыл бұрын
''Who was murdered? .... I was!!!!'' Awesome line!!
@MOGGS19422 жыл бұрын
A man can never get enough of Edmond O'Brien.
@anthonydubose57794 жыл бұрын
Great movie. I love the cars in this movie. I wish we had them today with the technology.
@mayormc5 жыл бұрын
I think this posting has the best audio and video quality on the tube. A real B movie classic. Edmond O'Brien was underrated.
@PizzaFLIX5 жыл бұрын
mayormc Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you!
@PizzaFLIX5 жыл бұрын
mayormc Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you!
@glendasmilesalot29595 жыл бұрын
Saw this one in a film class in college and has become one of my top ten film noir movies. I could not help but laugh when all of the folks were dancing to that crazy band. I just wish life was so simple that we could all get along like that! I died laughing when the doctor "manhandled" Frank! I love when Chester got cracked in the head by the pharmacist! So many great scenes! Thanks for sharing this!
@dankwartdenkhardt57145 жыл бұрын
Edmond O´Brien was a phantastic actor, the so called second row, like Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, Lee J. Cobb, Fred McMurray, Leo G. Carroll and so on...
@kayjackson89225 жыл бұрын
I would watch a tissue commercial all day long if Edmond O'Brian were in it. THANKS FOR UPLOADING!! KILLER MOVIE!!
@akarpowicz4 жыл бұрын
Me too. He always delivers.
@kelvinsmith68545 жыл бұрын
Classic Film Noir...great print !
@georgecolon27865 жыл бұрын
This movie is a real classic, One of the best film was ever made . Thanks for the upload ..
@PizzaFLIX5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you!
@birdznbeezz5 жыл бұрын
@@PizzaFLIX And also with you...🍕🍕
@VeraStiopul-ws6zp3 ай бұрын
Wow marvelous film thanks
5 жыл бұрын
Very suspenseful movie for a late Monday nite.👍
@sepgorut24925 жыл бұрын
A great film one of the best available on youtube
@WolfyDaddy5 жыл бұрын
The Denis Quaid remake actually did this one justice but the original is still the best. men were men and women were feminine. 👍👍👍😎
@StacySalles554 жыл бұрын
Wolfy Daddy1961 The women seem stupid in this movie. Give me ida Lupino or Lauren Bacall toughness any day.
@Docneg4 жыл бұрын
The second DOA is the only remake I like.
@dank9296 Жыл бұрын
This is an excellent film noir classic. Thanks for posting!👍😎
@angelawilliams9088 Жыл бұрын
LOVE, LOVE THIS MOVIE, AND O'BRIEN!
@PizzaFLIX Жыл бұрын
Hi Angela 🍕Yes it’s a terrific movie. 🍕 Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you 🍕
@peggyhakanson31395 жыл бұрын
Thank you, PizzaFlix, this is one of my favorite noir films too! Right up there with Diabolique, and more recent fare like The Collector.
@michaelkottler4 жыл бұрын
Classic film noir at its best. A highlight of the genre, indeed. Thanks for posting!
@ngugikioi31474 жыл бұрын
Damn! This was so good. It's crazy how you can watch all these movies for free on KZbin. Thanks for uploading
@fslx4 жыл бұрын
GREAT story -- highly memorable, one of the best noir plots I know of.
@angoor1015 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the scenery equally and how great America was in the early 50’s and how people dressed. And we’re going to be great again and keep America great.
@thankthelord45364 жыл бұрын
Keep dreaming.
@u.synlig4 жыл бұрын
If “great” means mainstreaming “grift”.
@ToniA55555 жыл бұрын
This was my first film noir, and still my favorite.
@coleparker5 жыл бұрын
I have seen this movie a number of times. It is a great popcorn movie. I loved it.
@guitarlawyer755 жыл бұрын
THis is a very good movie! Better than most of the crap that Hollywood is making now. Thanks for the upload!
@tarahdoran3865 жыл бұрын
REALLY good film worth watching good quality : thank you for sharing this; enjoyed a good classic movie.
@lappylappy72694 жыл бұрын
The legendary Al “Cake” Wichard on drums !!! Fantastic musician. Great film also !
@stevetessier65685 жыл бұрын
The greatest noir film. My favorite of all films.
@pablocramer96695 жыл бұрын
indeed, a great film noir. Thanks for uploading.
@SenorQuichotte5 жыл бұрын
One of the best film noirs. The opening is classic.
@LordZontar5 жыл бұрын
Edmond O'Brien was one of the greatest character actors ever. His first major film role was in 1939's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame as the poet Grangoire and he looked to have a very promising future as a leading man in the movies. When World War II came, O'Brien enlisted in the USAAF and it was during his military service that he started having problems controlling his weight; also the timbre of his voice changed and that changed his career trajectory. O'Brien would score a few starring roles in the ensuing years but it was as a character actor that he made his indelible mark as a performer. This movie is one of his few truly outstanding starring roles on top of a stellar portfolio of character roles which were some of the most memorable of any actor in any period.
@normasalamanca85585 жыл бұрын
Great quality!! Thanks a million.🌻
@do-re-me-fa3258 Жыл бұрын
This movie reminded me of a Bruce Willis movie similar to DOA Donely thing I have to say about that movie was a touch of comedy, I would’ve given it three stars but this movie I’m giving four stars it’s because of the actor Edmond O’Brien is a bit of a legend. Thank you Pizzaflix for sharing this movie with us 👍🏼👍🏼🤍💙🙋🏼♀🇨🇦
@JC-gw3yo4 жыл бұрын
Still stands the test of time. An old fashioned murder mystery full of twists, turns and bad guys. Add Edmond O'brian, and you have a classic
@fslx5 жыл бұрын
Great flick! Thanks for posting! I'd not heard of this one, but enjoyed it and will add to my 100 Noir Films You Should Know list.
@lorrainejones25884 жыл бұрын
I first saw this movie years ago and i fell in love with it. My era is Leonardo Decarpio Mark Wahlberg Brad Pitt Tom Hanks but i love these old b&w movies. Bogie is my all time favorite. He died 6 years before i was born. Bacall is my all time female but Melissa McCarthy. Sandra Bullock Julia Roberts Jodie Foster and Dakota Fanning are all up there with Bacall too. I love lots of movies from all years except silent. This is one good movie.
@PizzaFLIX4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX.
@jacksongrimes74785 жыл бұрын
Pretty good. Noir can become addictive. I like noir nights on TCM, when I have access to cable TV.
@RetiredSchoolCook5 жыл бұрын
GREAT MOVIE GREAT STORY SO GLAD TO WATCH IT AGAIN MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS THANK YOU PIZZA FLIX HAPPY WEEKEND
@ishaq247225 жыл бұрын
Great movie indeed. And an underrated actor Edmond O'Brien. This movie was remade in 1988 starring Dennis Quaid, not nearly as well made.
@ethaneade49372 жыл бұрын
Im 21.... Saw this film sometime around 2008 from a dvd box set of classic movies that my mother liked to buy.... and ever since then.... Iv'e like this film.... One of the best film noirs i have ever seen
@roberttelarket49342 жыл бұрын
One of the top 35 best film noirs!
@Fruth375 жыл бұрын
I liked the little trivia fact that when Edmond O'Brien runs down the street after learning he was murdered, he was pushing and shoving real citizens who had no idea this was a movie shoot.
@misskim20584 жыл бұрын
They still do it to the public, and report it as real. Crisis acting and crowd sourcing aren’t multi-billion dollar industries for marketing to the masses, are they? Nope. It takes very deep pockets to fund it, make it so lucrative when there is zero public advertising for this “service”, and it takes a worldwide stage to perform it. They aren’t private performances. There’d be no need for that. Put news cameras on, and the public also has no idea it’s a “drill”, or a publicly-performed soap opera reported as real. Forensics don’t lie, people do. And reality TV was (and still is) the perfect social experiment to see what absolutely disgusting things some people would do (and what abuse they’d tolerate as well), and how low people would stoop to betray their fellow man and even the ones they claim to love the most for a few dollars and some air time on TV, and to find out how gullible people would be to believe whatever they are shown. Ha. They sure got their answer. I’m sure they also don’t report how many people have cut them off entirely and just don’t engage at all, no news, TV or Hollywood. Minds can see much more clearly when they aren’t crammed with propaganda (which is legal, the news is “entertainment” and legalized propaganda, and it doesn’t actually have to report one single shred of truth, but it does help the lies go down). It’s almost funny to hear people talk of the propaganda campaigns of other countries, while naïvely and childishly believing that THEIR own country doesn’t do it, or “not very much, or we’d know about it!”. Oh sure. “They couldn’t”. “They wouldn’t”. “It would too expensive”. “Everyone would have to be in on it”. “Everyone would know, no one would believe it”. We’ve heard it all, and they’re all wrong. It’s your tax dollars, so nothing is too expensive, besides, they print their own money, so that’s a silly thing to say. It’s just like a terrorist cell, and everyone operates on a “need to know basis”. People have Santa hoax every year, and look how many people are “in on that”, All those couriers, delivering packages to homes are in on this hoax, department stores, and school teachers, and all manner of “fine, upstanding citizens” are “in on it”. ....and it’s not even an *organized* hoax, funded by one organization and controlled, it’s just a word-of-mouth, shoot-from-the-hip hoax, and it works every year on tons of kids… And this is where we hear that “grown-ups wouldn’t fall for hoaxes, only children do”. That’s precisely why adults do. Reporters just read teleprompters that roll the scripts produced by Tavistock and CoIntelPro, just paid puppets, hired to “shape and mold public opinion, both foreign and domestic”. And whenever a TV watcher opens his or her mouth, it becomes readily apparent, their programming and parroting is pert-near flawless. And how sweet of the reporters to thank them for a “tuning in“ to their “programming“, and their top “stories“... after first counting their mind down into a state of alpha, of course. Alpha, where their subconscious will readily except everything streamed visually and audibly, at flicker rates and frequencies perceptible and imperceptible. And all of that was in the very first TV patent. They’ve made enormous strides, enormous ones since then... you should see what they’ve done with schematics and what they can do if they have your DNA. That happens to be a frequency, too...a very specific one.
@None-zc5vg4 жыл бұрын
@SRV. 123 if you look carefully into the escape-from-the-car scene at about 1.07.00, there appears to be a camera-team in the darkness at the side of the road, marked by the large "Mickey Mouse" film-spool holders.
@buckodonnghaile43095 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for all these great uploads.
@theresabrescher95944 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy this movie. May not be well known or appreciated. A great noir.
@janeporter8185 жыл бұрын
I love this movie!
@sergusbower12703 жыл бұрын
I just love this movie thank you 😊
@PizzaFLIX3 жыл бұрын
Great movie.
@jchapman82484 жыл бұрын
The opening scene reminds of the stark interior of the old California state, county and local governmental offices when I was a kid during the early to mid 1960s. This scene especially reminds me of the state unemployment office where my uncle went to to find work after he arrived to live with us from the Bronx, NYC.
@mjmolby5 жыл бұрын
The transfer on this is pretty good!
@eileenmchale3140 Жыл бұрын
Just love Edmund O'Brien. What a man! How handsome he is! His voice. Fabulous actor. Super film.xx
@johnbartrambrooks88825 жыл бұрын
When I first saw this movie so many years ago I was in a panic, feeling that it was me that was poisoned and about to die.
@janjISMYname5 жыл бұрын
Must have been an all nighter!
@whiteflag10005 жыл бұрын
YT has suggested the movie to me. I'm so glad to clicked on it. Impressing!
@pamthompson31703 ай бұрын
There are several versions or remakes of this movie. This is my personal favorite.
@richardinspain2255 Жыл бұрын
oh such good films around my birth year, 1948, like me, dead complex and exciting to watch, all of them..
@aspears40083 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies.
@ShakespeareCafe4 жыл бұрын
He’s staying at the St Francis Hotel, the same place Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle stayed and got in a little trouble
@PizzaFLIX4 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed, you know your locations.
@pennypiper73824 жыл бұрын
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin? What can I say....
@STICKITINYOUREAR5 жыл бұрын
SPOILER ALERT - When I first saw this movie on tv I was very young. I was not a fan of O'Brien. This movie made me a fan. I was on the edge of my seat hoping he would find the antidote. I was crushed when he died. Thank you PizzaFix for the good quality download.
@garrysekelli67764 жыл бұрын
He found the murderers before he died though.
@jean68722 жыл бұрын
It is a complicated story. I had to watch it several times and only when I watched it with a friend who helped me, did I get it. Once I stopped in Banning for a cup of coffee and a piece of pie just because of this movie.
@exapplerrelppaxe79524 жыл бұрын
FYI, Paula went on to play Lorelei Brown on "My Favorite Martian".
@lawrencemyers3623 Жыл бұрын
Aw, you beat me to it. Sad to say she died of cancer in '74, age 51.
@paulinecorreia55382 жыл бұрын
This is a real enjoyable movie 🍿. Thanks 4 the upload.
@badbag96255 жыл бұрын
ALWAYS ! ONE OF THE BEST DRAMATIC MOVIES ONE OF THE BEST ACTORS ONE OF THE .BEST TOPPINGS ON PIZZAFLIX ! ONE OF THE BEST DELIVERIES ON PIZZAFLIX ONE OF THE BEST FANS SAYS THANKS TO ..... ONLY THE BEST...... PIZZAFLIX. ...,... ! ! ! !
@Ripplin5 жыл бұрын
Love this one. Have seen it twice, maybe I'll watch it a third time now. ;) Really nice copy!
@jadu5815 жыл бұрын
music all kinds.......... brilliant!!!!! Great movie!!! thks!!!
@andyyelbid4 жыл бұрын
Thanks PizzaFlix. Good movie,good acting throughout and story line was good with no punches pulled, Obviously the swanny whistle was a terrible idea and the way he kept beating up on that one woman was a bit disturbing seen in 2020...Or possibly even 1950,
@FSSRKeyno5 жыл бұрын
Never seen a movie like this. In awe. At the end, I felt like someone just kicked me in the stomach.
@leilathigpen3094 жыл бұрын
What a gem!! Fantastic in every aspect. Want to give a shout for the great music score!! The jazz band featured is one of the best!! 5 thumbs up!!
@SweetGypsyRose5 жыл бұрын
Thanx y'all Dennis Quaid did this yrs ago & then everybody said the OG was the best script thanx cuz im bedridden due 2 illness was bored out my mind♡
@Jeke3165 жыл бұрын
Excellent movie. Thank you for sharing.
@jimmason10725 жыл бұрын
Neville Brand always was a bad ass.....great actor in all his parts.....
@melvina6285 жыл бұрын
And a top war hero.
@rodericksloan12555 жыл бұрын
All these Film Noir movies should be in the public domain but sadly they are not.
@stephenarling16674 жыл бұрын
Why should they be in the public domain? Why should we value them less than newer products that are often grossly inferior?
@House0fHoot5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these fab films 🙏🏼
@ritaturner3684 жыл бұрын
PizzaFlix, I can’t comment on all your movies I’ve watched, you’ll think I’m a stalker, but this is one of my favourites. Great story, great acting and holds your attention all the way through. Must watch for you guys who are put off by the title. You won’t regret it.
@Alm0stFam0us4 жыл бұрын
Double Indemnity is also one of his fantastic 🎥
@kevinvalentinocasanova84164 жыл бұрын
Such a great upload thanks for the great movie
@MrAtragon2 жыл бұрын
Best Print I've found on the internet
@lawrencemyers3623 Жыл бұрын
Bit of trivia: the first bellhop was Jerry Paris, who played Rob and Laura's neighbor Jerry Helper on the "Dick Van Dyke Show" in the early 60s. Man, I watched too much TV when I was a kid, lol.
@None-zc5vg5 жыл бұрын
The final shoot-out was filmed in the famous 1893 Bradbury Building in L.A., one of L.A.'s oldest commercial buildings that has been used for location-shooting in many pictures.
@stephenarling16674 жыл бұрын
Shoot-out location-shooting landmark?
@None-zc5vg4 жыл бұрын
@@stephenarling1667And why not?
@stephenarling16674 жыл бұрын
@@None-zc5vg Indeed.
@winonamassingill7895 Жыл бұрын
I watched this movie 🎥 quite some time ago and every time I come across the advertisement to watch the movie 🎥 I feel so sad 😞. I just wanted so badly for it to end up differently. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@jeangibbs6085 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this movie. Thank you.
@nancysmith22954 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen this one. The story was good. The illuminious poisoning I hadn't heard of in a long time which made the mystery even more mysterious. It also gave that post wwii into space age idea notoriety. That intriguing concept was all over at this time.
@willieluncheonette58432 жыл бұрын
My review New season debuted last night with D.O.A, on Eddie Muller's Noir Alley. Quite enjoyable and unusual. A fatally poisoned man spends the whole film trying to find out who poisoned him and why. From the opening long tracking shot of Edmond O'Brien's back as he makes his way to police headquarters to the final dark and surprising ending, this film never lets up. O'Brien enter the homicide division at the police station a says "i want to report a murder" The chief says " Who was murdered?" The answer from O'Brien? " I was" Right then you know this is gonna be a good one. O'Brien, in a very fine performance, is like a pinball bouncing from one scene to the next as he tries, in a long flashback, to unravel the horrible event that has happened to him. And he has only a few days to do it due to the poison's effects. O'Brien is very likable in his role as an accountant. He's a good man, but at his modest office, he's overworked and harassed by his secretary girlfriend (Barbara Britton) to pay more attention to her. There are some tender scenes with Britton that sharply contrast with very brutal ones, provided by Neville Brand as a terrifying psychopathic sadist. You can't take your eyes off him and his scenes are outstanding. As the brains behind the gangsters, Luther Adler is convincing too. The cinematography by Ernest Lazlo is superb mostly around locations in San Francisco and L.A.. One sequence in particular was secretly shot on the street in front of a real crowd of unsuspecting people as O'Brien runs through them. These cinema verite type shots are compelling and something special to the film. Rudolph Mate, the director, was originally a cameraman who filmed two Carl Dreyer classics, The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Vampyr (1932) Visually the later is one of the most extraordinary films I've seen. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in five consecutive years, from 1940-1944. So you know he has a good eye and his direction here is excellent.The sense of urgency and doom is almost palpable in this kinetic noir. Foster Hirsch, the author of books on noir and a commentator on CUNY TV wrote " "O'Brien's search for his own killer is noir irony at its blackest. One of the film's many ironies is that his last desperate search involves him in his life more forcefully than he has ever been before... Tracking down his killer just before he dies - discovering the reason for his death - turns out to be the triumph of his life." . The ending must have been shocking for viewers in 1950 and it still is. I've seen the film a few times and the ending is still brutal and unsettling. Give producer Leo Popkin and his short-lived Cardinal Pictures credit for not caving in to popular taste. On the downside I found some of the soundtrack distracting. The wolf whistles are obviously out of place but other segments of Dimitri Tiomkin's music seemed heavy handed and worked against the action. In one of the earliest filmed scenes of a Beatnik club, the jazz combo playing was a bad misstep by someone. It was quite obvious (to me anyway) they were not really playing their instruments. The drumming was passable but not the rest of the band.. If they had just let them play live it would have been a wonderful scene. Why they didn't is beyond me. But those are minor misgivings in what otherwise is a fine film. Classic noir story---an ordinary human being, through a twist of fate, is hurled into a dreadful situation. This one's a beaut. Highly recommended
@PizzaFLIX2 жыл бұрын
@ willie - hey man, thanks for dropping your detailed review here. Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you.
@willieluncheonette58432 жыл бұрын
@@PizzaFLIX my pleasure and thanks for showing a wide variety of films. Noir is my favorite genre so a special thanks for this one.
@PizzaFLIX2 жыл бұрын
@@willieluncheonette5843 -- you might like FEAR NO MORE (1961) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJjNmHWkhM2Yq9U -- not a true noir due to its production year but a trip to Noir City nonetheless.
@willieluncheonette58432 жыл бұрын
@@PizzaFLIX thank you. Never saw that one and will check it out. My 6 fav noirs are Kiss Me Deadly, Touch Of Evil, Out of the Past, Vertigo (a color noir), White Heat and The Lineup, I guess White Heat may be considered a straight gangster film and not a noir.
@PizzaFLIX2 жыл бұрын
@@willieluncheonette5843 cool list. I’ll have to checkout The lineup, don’t recall seeing this one. Thanks.