Review of They Made Me a Criminal (1939) by Bill T — 27 Nov 2009
Film Noir which turns soft see, around the middle act. John Garfield is a champion boxer forced to flee town when he's accused of moidur he didn't commit (the first 1/4 half of this movie is almost impossible to explain, so much backstory and plot.
.. but it's great!) He soon winds up in a Date farm in Arizona (!!?!?!) where he meets the Dead End kids... and well, things start going downhill from there. It starts to lose it's grit. Oh well, has the prerequisite homoerotic touches that curiously infuse the Dead End kids films, and even they can't save this, let alone Busby Berkeley.
This review of They Made Me a Criminal (1939) was written by Bill T on 27 Nov 2009.
They Made Me a Criminal has generally received positive reviews.
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