Prominent lawyer shoots unfaithful girlfriend during quarrel, has to establish alibi..
Is it worth your time? If you like movies where guys in suits talk fast and sweat even faster, then yeah, watch this. It’s for the folks who enjoy that old-school noir vibe where nobody is actually a good person. If you need a hero to root for, or if you get bored by talky, stagey courtroom-adjacent drama, you’ll proba...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Lee Garmes
Harley Knoles
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"Is it worth your time? If you like movies where guys in suits talk fast and sweat even faster, then yeah, watch this. It’s for the folks who enjoy that old-school noir vibe where nobody is actually a good person. If you need a hero to root for, or if you get bored by talky, stagey courtroom-adjacent drama, you’ll probably want to skip this one. Claude Rains is the whole show here. He plays this lawyer named Gentry, and he’s got this way of sneering at the camera that makes you want to reach thr..."
Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht
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