The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control..
Is it worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a slow-motion car crash you can’t look away from, then absolutely. If you’re having a bad week and need something light, skip this. It’s misery, but it’s expertly crafted misery. Henry Fonda plays Eddie with this twitchy, desperate energy. You want him to make i...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Fritz Lang
Harley Knoles
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"Is it worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a slow-motion car crash you can’t look away from, then absolutely. If you’re having a bad week and need something light, skip this. It’s misery, but it’s expertly crafted misery. Henry Fonda plays Eddie with this twitchy, desperate energy. You want him to make it, but you know from frame one that the universe has other plans. It’s like watching a fly crawl toward a bug zapper. You keep shouting at the screen, but the fly just keeps going...."
C. Graham Baker, Gene Towne
United States
Crime, Film-Noir, Drama
