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‘Hell’s Half Acre,’ directed by John H Auer
Movie, 1954 A quirky, low-budget suspense film, whose setting, themes and a few plot points seem to reference Casablanca, but do so with, at best, very limited success. While the action feels stretched out, and many production values lacking, here and there, some of the shooting shows some craft and imagination, while the music and…
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"The Narrow Margin," directed by Richard Fleischer
Movie, 1952 Thrilled set on a train, as a tough Chicagoan cop escorts a gangster’s widow to stand testimony in Los Angeles. Solid noir with some really pleasing and tricksy visual effects and a hard edge which eschews title music for the grating, alienating noise of trains and machinery. While visually a treat, the characters…
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