An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone by reckless driving.
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school melodramas that are basically just extended PSAs about road safety, you might dig And Sudden Death. If you want a smooth, believable romance, stay far away. This is for people who enjoy seeing how movies used to try—and fail—to blend moral lessons with snappy dialogue. The...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Charles Barton
Wilfred Lucas
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school melodramas that are basically just extended PSAs about road safety, you might dig And Sudden Death. If you want a smooth, believable romance, stay far away. This is for people who enjoy seeing how movies used to try—and fail—to blend moral lessons with snappy dialogue. The movie is mostly about an heiress who drives like she’s trying to escape a burning building. Randolph Scott shows up as the cop, and he plays it so straight it’s almost funny. The ..."
Madeleine Ruthven, Joseph Moncure March, Theodore Reeves
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