Review of High Sierra (1941) by Stephen C — 24 Jul 2011
The film which powered Bogart to the top of the movie tough guy heap and the last of the Great Warners gangster movies before film noir kicked in the same year with the Maltese Falcon.
What makes the film so brilliant and fresh is Bogarts performance As Roy Earle a ruthless toughguy yet capable of acts of great kindness toward people less better off than himself.
Bogart and his director Raoul Walsh and Writer John Huston show Earle as a man who could cut it during prohibiton but in the 40s is seemingly out of touch with the times.
Walsh gives the film that rough edge which sets it above the average Hollywood movie and its easy to see where Jean Pierre Mellville would get some of his ideas for his heist movies.
A classic of it period and a film that shows the Hollywood production line was capable of turning out bona fide classics.
This review of High Sierra (1941) was written by Stephen C on 24 Jul 2011.
High Sierra has generally received positive reviews.
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