A paroled prisoner hits a man who's attacking a woman, then runs away, scared that he killed the man (he did not). From the book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a massive soft spot for mid-30s B-movies that don't quite know what they want to be. If you like your crime stories with a heavy dose of 'whoops, I didn't mean to do that,' you might find a charm in it. If you’re looking for the punchy, cold-blooded rhythm of a real Ham...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a massive soft spot for mid-30s B-movies that don't quite know what they want to be. If you like your crime stories with a heavy dose of 'whoops, I didn't mean to do that,' you might find a charm in it. If you’re looking for the punchy, cold-blooded rhythm of a real Hammett adaptation, skip this and go rewatch something like Out of the Shadows instead. The whole thing is basically one giant misunderstanding that could be cleared up with a five-m..."
Charles Williams, Dashiell Hammett, Marcy Klauber, Sada Cowan
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