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Rita’s is
more or less the same role….and with longer screen time than Dietrich, she
played a tragic figure, a gal who saw just one too many promises from men who
are not all that they are cut out to be.
Of course,
this is the last of the few Film Noirs that flourished the previous two decades
and the rule of the film dictates that the protagonists are doomed anyway – and
the beauty of those films are just that, gloomy, downbeat and with shadows of
dread following.
Both Ford
and Hayworth are not new to this genre and the are both fantastic. This is not
among the well known film of that era, considering the genre was making its way
out,, lost in between big, colour extravaganza spy flicks and Rock Hudson /
Doris Day comedies and the coming of the Brat filmmakers like Scorcese, de
Palma, Lucas, Spielberg and Coppola. It will not be remembered…
….unless you
are a fan of both stars… ME, especially as I wanted to watch this being the
late entry in Hayworth’s ouvre. It is not a spectacular role, neither it is as
memorable as Diettich’s in that Welles film… her performance was strong enough
for a tragic character… at least I was moved.
A simple
film, filled with morally skewered folks, running for about an hour and a half,
definitely would be relegated to one of those forgotten B-grades with A-grade
stars – or at least Hayworth was. But unlike her earlier roles that made
oh-so-elated, this one just made me said – RKP 5/6/2021
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