Review of The Damned Don't Cry (1950) by Stu B — 18 Oct 2018
All Joan nearly all the time, and years away from the fun but cheesy shock- and schlock-fests that marred the latter stages of her career. Here, she's a repressed wife and mother who loses her son, leaves her husband, and sets out to reinvent herself--even if it means hooking up with the mob.
No great shakes visually, but the dialogue is lean and mean, the performances are spot on, and Crawford herself is terrific: vulnerable in one scene, fierce and spunky in the next. With David Brian as a self-made mob boss (the product of some clever reinvention of his own), Steve Cochran as his aggrieved henchman, and Kent Smith as the milquetoast-turned-tough-guy mob accountant.
Some of the plot twists are a bit far-fetched, but a pretty good flick nonetheless. Most definitely NOT for Crawford fans only.
This review of The Damned Don't Cry (1950) was written by Stu B on 18 Oct 2018.
The Damned Don't Cry has generally received positive reviews.
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