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By Ash D (67) on 11 Jul 2013

The box quote is not spoken even once. Make some sense of that, pals…

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By Kenneth L (949) on 23 Jun 2013

This is, at least on its surface, a fairly standard film noir with a few standout elements…

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By Michael H (3,299) on 18 Feb 2013

A great hard-boiled mystery. Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, and Gloria Grahame all deliver their punchy dialogue perfectly…

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By Connor G (714) on 14 Feb 2013

Quite intense for a 50s movie. The fact that the boiling water was used to the effect it was made this movie…

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By John B (4,244) on 03 Jan 2013

It's pretty great stuff and looks amazing on Blu-ray…

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By Indira S (412) on 03 Jan 2013

It's pretty great stuff and looks amazing on Blu-ray…

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By Hunter S (270) on 15 Dec 2012

A film about the duality of human nature…

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By Shounak B (72) on 06 Dec 2012

All stars should be given for it's stylized direction…

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By Rainer K (444) on 24 Oct 2012

The Big Heat is the reason why we love film noir…

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By Chris S (3,490) on 03 Oct 2012

One of those outstanding older films that absolutely transcends the conventions of its time. Film noir at its finest…

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By Devilish G (62) on 15 Jul 2012

This film. Noir at it's finest, minus the femme fatale, but other than that it ranks high on scale of it's genre…

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By Roger T (757) on 07 Jun 2012

Fine acting all-around in this noir classic from lang. I especially enjoyed gloria grahame's performance…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 21 May 2012

For those who take their film black...Moral rot gets full play in Lang's 1953 police drama. [Blu-ray]…

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By Sean C (2,276) on 21 Apr 2012

Fritz Lang, Glenn Ford, and Gloria Grahame at their best…

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By Cory K (220) on 21 Mar 2012

Pretty good film noir, with Fritz Lang doing fine behind the camera, and Ford, Grahame, Brando, and Marvin in front…

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By Stephen H (1,156) on 21 Mar 2012

Pretty good film noir, with Fritz Lang doing fine behind the camera, and Ford, Grahame, Brando, and Marvin in front…

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By Jason J (1,369) on 03 Mar 2012

Superior Film Noir directed by the great Fritz Lang. Glenn Ford is an honest cop in a very crooked town…

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By Eric R (1,431) on 29 Feb 2012

Wonderfully taught and brutal crime thriller/noir…

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By Greg W (4,011) on 17 Feb 2012

This is definately a noir dark detective story by fritz lang (m)…

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By Andrew G (1,437) on 02 Feb 2012

Dark revenge story chalk full of murder, corruption and witty innuendos - The perfect example of a noir thriller and one of Lang's best…

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