The Bribe (1949) Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, John Hodiak. On an island somewhere in the tropics, we have a USA Federal Agent looking for stolen airplane engines. His chief suspect has a gorgeous wife who sings in a nightclub. There are various and assorted sleazy men interested in getting in on the hustle. And it is steamy hot. Everyone mops their brow. Ava is beautiful and vamps a bit. Bob is serious and gets the hots for Ava. Laughten is just creepy and makes you want to shower. Have never been fond of this noir. Cinematography is shadowy and dark. But it is still dull. 6/10
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Man Of The West (1958) Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Conner. Gary is a reformed outlaw who is taking a newfangled train to a big city to hire a school teacher. It is interesting to see how nervous he is with each new burb or hiss of the big train engine. The train is robbed and he and fellow travelers, the dancehall girl and a gambler, are able to survive and get away. He takes them to a relatives homestead not too far from the train tracks. A mean onery bunch. But now they all have to work together to survive. An unpleasant story about awful people. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051899/
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