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VerbalGimp
May 22, 2001
Woman, get back in here and make me a sandwich!
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley

Plot summary from imdb.com:

While on the subway to deliver a piece of film she believes contains corporate secrets, Candy's wallet is stolen by Skip McCoy. The film actually contains government secrets on their way to "the Commies", and Candy has been under surveillance by government agents. They see the theft, but Skip eludes them. Anxious to recover the film, Joey, Candy's ex-lover and the man using her as courier, convinces her to find the thief. She tracks Skip down through street connections while the police find him shortly after. Skip finally realizes the film is worth a lot more than he thought worth some people's life, in fact.


Highly recommended film noir. You will love and hate Skip McCoy (the coolest name ever), who is both a complete smartass and badass at the same time. The movie is very well written and easy to follow at the same time. It is entertaining throughout, and the ending is delicious.

5

RATING: 5

PROS: very well written
CONS: none

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://imdb.com/title/tt0046187/

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vertov
Jun 14, 2003

hello
Sam Fuller is one of those directors that can turn anything into an enjoyable film. His treatment here provides for something really interesting; he downplays the "red scare" aspect of the film, while other movies of the time where honking it up to score points with nervous audiences. This is also one of the most conventional of his films, sticking pretty closely to film noir dogma, so this isn't a bad place to start for people interested in discovering his films. And as you said, the ending is really great.

bmmello
Jul 11, 2002

Seen this the other day, an excellent film-noir.

5/5

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