Friday, February 08, 2013

(NOIR) The Crooked Way - 1949 **


Though the idea of this film is a good one, it really didn't play out well to me, and there were far too many plot holes and unlikely resolutions for it to work.
A man named Eddie, after suffering a head wound from fighting in the war, comes to L.A. after the doctor who treats him mentions that it might be the only way he can bump into people who know him and can help him find his identity. He does meet some people he knows (of course it's not like that is unlikely in a place as huge as Los Angeles) but they don't recognise him as the person he thought he was. Instead, he is recognised as a dangerous gangster who went missing from the police. It's a weird film. It's not particularly good, and the acting is quite wooden.


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