Although this is always thought of as one of the best noirs out there I was completely uninterested and underwhelmed by it. I've seen a fair few noirs so do have some sort of idea as to how they work. This was a noir certainly, but the acting (completely over the top by Richard Widmark) was appalling, and the story crumbled as it went on. Based around a crooked named Harry Fabien (Widmark) and his decline into the underworld of criminal activity and illegal wrestling this film pulled barely any punches, and I was left gobsmacked by the ridiculous if not slightly laughable ending. Gene Tierney is beautiful but even she couldn't save this film, or Herbert Lom, and Googie Withers fell very short of the grade as well. Added to which, for a film set in the 1930s it had a surprisingly 1950s feel to it (which is hardly surprising).
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